Emended description of the genus Rhodothalassium Imhoff et al., 1998 and proposal of Rhodothalassiaceae fam. nov. and Rhodothalassiales ord. nov

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-32

  Venkata Ramana, V ^a   Kalyana Chakravarthy, S ^a   Ramaprasad, E V V ^b   Thiel, V ^c   Imhoff, J F ^c   Sasikala, Ch ^b   Ramana, Ch V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Rhodothalassium, sp. nov., fam. nov., ord. nov

Indexed keywords

APREPITANT; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; CARDIOLIPIN; CAROTENOID; FATTY ACID; ORNITHINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PIGMENT; RNA 16S;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLADISTICS; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOSPIRILLUM; RHODOTHALASSIACEAE; RHODOTHALASSIALES; RHODOTHALASSIUM; TYPE STRAIN;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CAROTENOIDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYLOGENY; RHODOBACTERACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOTHALASSIUM; RHODOTHALASSIUM SALEXIGENS;

EID: 84874293465     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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