Phylogeny of Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus based on universally conserved protein-coding sequences and implications for the taxonomy of these two genera. Proposal of new taxa: X. vietnamensis sp. nov., P. luminescens subsp. caribbeanensis subsp. nov., P. luminescens subsp. hainanensis subsp. nov., P. temperata subsp. khanii subsp. nov., P. temperata subsp. tasmaniensis subsp. nov.

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1921-1937

  Tailliez, Patrick ^a   Laroui, Christine ^a   Ginibre, Nadège ^a   Paule, Armelle ^a   Pagès, Sylvie ^a   Boemare, Noël ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; GENETIC CODE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORHABDUS; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; PHOTORHABDUS TEMPERATA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS VIETNAMENSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; PHOTORHABDUS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; XENORHABDUS;

HETERORHABDITIS; NEMATODA; PHOTORHABDUS; PHOTORHABDUS ASYMBIOTICA; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS SUBSP. THRACENSIS; PHOTORHABDUS TEMPERATA; STEINERNEMA; XENORHABDUS;

EID: 77955694444     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.014308-0     Document Type: Article

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