Magnetococcus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine, magnetotactic bacterium that represents a novel lineage (Magnetococcaceae fam. nov., Magnetococcales ord. nov.) at the base of the Alphaproteobacteria

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue PART3, 2013, Pages 801-808

  Bazylinski, Dennis A ^a   Williams, Timothy J ^b   Lefèvre, Christopher T ^c   Berg, Ryan J ^d   Zhang, Chuanlun L ^e,f   Bowser, Samuel S ^g   Dean, Annette J ^h   Beveridge, Terrence J ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c IRFM   (France)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^g WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^h PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; MAGNETITE; SULFIDE; THIOSULFATE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOLITHOAUTOTROPH; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ELECTRON; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FLAGELLUM; GENE SEQUENCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOCOCCUS MARINUS; MAGNETOSOME; MARINE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS; MAGNETOSOMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; RHODE ISLAND; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84874882089     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.038927-0     Document Type: Article

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