Taxonomic revision of the genus Geobacillus: Emendation of Geobacillus, G. stearothermophilus, G. jurassicus, G. toebii, G. thermodenitrificans and G. thermoglucosidans (nom. corrig., formerly 'thermoglucosidasius'); transfer of Bacillus thermantarcticus to the genus as G. thermantarcticus comb. nov.; proposal of Caldibacillus debilis gen. nov., comb. nov.

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1470-1485

  Coorevits, An ^a,b   Dinsdale, Anna E ^c   Halket, Gillian ^c   Lebbe, Liesbeth ^b   de Vos, Paul ^b   van Landschoot, Anita ^a,b   Logan, Niall A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FATTY ACID; RNA 16S;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANOXYBACILLUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENUS; GEOBACILLUS; GEOBACILLUS CALDOPROTEOLYTICUS; GEOBACILLUS CALDOXYLOSILYTICUS; GEOBACILLUS DEBILIS; GEOBACILLUS JURASSICUS; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; GEOBACILLUS SUBTERRANEUS; GEOBACILLUS TEPIDAMANS; GEOBACILLUS THERMODENITRIFICANS; GEOBACILLUS THERMOGLUCOSIDASIUS; GEOBACILLUS TOEBII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

AEROBIOSIS; BACILLALES; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

ANOXYBACILLUS; BACILLUS THERMANTARCTICUS; CALDIBACILLUS; GEOBACILLUS; GEOBACILLUS CALDOPROTEOLYTICUS; GEOBACILLUS CALDOXYLOSILYTICUS; GEOBACILLUS DEBILIS; GEOBACILLUS JURASSICUS; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; GEOBACILLUS SUBTERRANEUS; GEOBACILLUS TEPIDAMANS; GEOBACILLUS THERMOCATENULATUS; GEOBACILLUS THERMODENITRIFICANS; GEOBACILLUS THERMOGLUCOSIDASIUS; GEOBACILLUS THERMOLEOVORANS; GEOBACILLUS TOEBII;

EID: 84864130913     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.030346-0     Document Type: Article

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