Virgibacillus albus sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from Lop Nur salt lake in Xinjiang province, China

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 553-560

  Zhang, Yun Jiao ^a   Zhou, Yu ^b   Ja, Man ^a   Shi, Rong ^a   Chun Yu, Wei Xun ^a   Yang, Ling Ling ^a   Tang, Shu Kun ^a   Li, Wen Jun ^a,c  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Moderate halophilic bacterium; Polyphasic taxonomy; Virgibacillus albus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FARNOQUINONE; FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAKE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PH; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VIRGIBACILLUS;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LAKES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; VIRGIBACILLUS; VITAMIN K 2;

EID: 84872470765     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-012-9750-y     Document Type: Article

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