Polynucleobacter difficilis sp. nov., a planktonic freshwater bacterium affiliated with subcluster B1 of the genus Polynucleobacter

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 376-383

  Hahn, Martin W ^a   Minasyan, Arevik ^a,b   Lang, Elke ^c   Koll, Ulrike ^a   Spröer, Catrin ^c  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Armenia)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; FATTY ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FRESHWATER SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYNUCLEOBACTER DIFFICILIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BURKHOLDERIACEAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; FRESH WATER; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POLYNUCLEOBACTER;

EID: 84855196459     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.031393-0     Document Type: Article

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