A new subspecies of Anoxybacillus flavithermus ssp. yunnanensis ssp. nov. with very high ethanol tolerance

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 320, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-78

  Dai, Jun ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Lei, Yin ^a   Gao, Yi ^a   Han, Fang ^b   Xiao, Yazhong ^a   Peng, Hui ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Anhui Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Anoxybacillus flavithermus ssp. yunnanensis ssp. nov.; Ethanol tolerance; Thermophile

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; CELLOBIOSE; XYLOSE;

ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ANOXYBACILLUS; ANOXYBACILLUS FLAVITHERMUS; ANOXYBACILLUS FLAVITHERMUS SUBSPECIE YUNNANENSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBON SOURCE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ANOXYBACILLUS; CHINA; ETHANOL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOT SPRINGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

ANOXYBACILLUS FLAVITHERMUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79957919291     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02294.x     Document Type: Article

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