Virgibacillus subterraneus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic Gram-positive bacterium isolated from subsurface saline soil

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2763-2767

  Wang, Xiaowei ^a,b   Xue, Yanfen ^a   Ma, Yanhe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARDIOLIPIN; DIAMINO ACID; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GENOMIC DNA; GLYCOLIPID; ISOPRENOID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; FARNOQUINONE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SOIL; VITAMIN MK 7;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL SHAPE; CHINA; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; VIRGIBACILLUS SALINUS; VIRGIBACILLUS SUBTERRANEUS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SALINITY; VIRGIBACILLUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; VIRGIBACILLUS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; CHINA; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALINITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VIRGIBACILLUS; VITAMIN K 2;

EID: 78650052311     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.019554-0     Document Type: Article

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