Halomonas titanicae sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from the RMS Titanic

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2768-2774

  Sánchez Porro, Cristina ^a   Kaur, Bhavleen ^b   Mann, Henrietta ^c   Ventosa, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b Centre des sciences de l'Ontario   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DNA; FATTY ACID; GLYCINE; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UBIQUINONE; UBIQUINONE Q 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; UBIQUINONE 9;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENUS; HALOMONAS; HALOMONAS TITANICAE; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SHIP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOMONAS; HALOMONAS BOLIVIENSIS; HALOMONAS HYDROTHERMALIS; HALOMONAS MERIDIANA; HALOMONAS NEPTUNIA; HALOMONAS SULFIDAERIS; HALOMONAS VARIABILIS; HALOMONAS VENUSTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS; HALOMONAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIPS; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 78650038811     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.020628-0     Document Type: Article

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