Phylogenetic assessment of culture collection strains of Thiobacillus thioparus, and definitive 16S rRNA gene sequences for T. thioparus, T. denitrificans, and Halothiobacillus neapolitanus

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 187-195

  Boden, Rich ^a   Cleland, David ^b   Green, Peter N ^c   Katayama, Yoko ^d   Uchino, Yoshihito ^e   Murrell, J Colin ^a   Kelly, Donovan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION   (United States)

^c Craibstone Estate   (United Kingdom)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND EVALUATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Halothiobacillus neapolitanus; Thermithiobacillus; Thiobacillus denitrificans; Thiobacillus thioparus; Thiobacillus X; Type strains

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HALOTHIOBACILLUS NEAPOLITANUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS; THIOBACILLUS THIOPARUS;

GENES, RRNA; HALOTHIOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; THIOBACILLUS;

HALOTHIOBACILLUS NEAPOLITANUS; PROKARYOTA; THERMITHIOBACILLUS; THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS; THIOBACILLUS THIOPARUS;

EID: 84857922795     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-011-0747-0     Document Type: Article

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