Taxonomy of the family Halobacteriaceae: A paradigm for changing concepts in prokaryote systematics

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 263-271

  Oren, Aharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; LIPID; POLAR LIPID; PUTRESCINE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; LIPID ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUMERICAL TAXONOMY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOSIS; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GENES, RRNA; GENOMICS; HALOBACTERIACEAE; LIPIDS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHENOTYPE; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HALOBACTERIACEAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84856805043     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.038653-0     Document Type: Review

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