Bdellovibrio exovorus sp. nov., a novel predator of Caulobacter crescentus

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 146-151

  Koval, Susan F ^a   Hynes, Sandra H ^a   Flannagan, Ronald S ^a,c   Pasternak, Zohar ^b   Davidov, Yaacov ^b   Jurkevitch, Edouard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO EXOVORUS; CANADA; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; BDELLOVIBRIO; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONTARIO; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE;

BACTERIOVORAX; BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; PEREDIBACTER; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84872445772     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.039701-0     Document Type: Article

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