Diversity and phylogenetic profiling of niche-specific Bacilli from extreme environments of India

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 611-629

  Yadav, Ajar Nath ^a   Verma, Priyanka ^a   Kumar, Murugan ^a   Pal, Kamal K ^b   Dey, Rinku ^b   Gupta, Alka ^d   Padaria, Jasdeep Chatrath ^c   Gujar, Govind T ^a   Kumar, Sudheer ^e   Suman, Archna ^a   Prasanna, Radha ^a   Saxena, Anil K ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ICAR DIRECTORATE OF GROUNDNUT RESEARCH   (India)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d ICAR CENTRAL PLANTATION CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^e ICAR NATIONAL BUREAU OF AGRICULTURALLY IMPORTANT MICROORGANISMS   (India)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; ARDRA; Bacillus; Bacillus derived genera; Extreme habitats

Indexed keywords

AMMONIPHILUS; ANEURINIBACILLUS; BACILLACEAE; BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS; HALOBACILLUS; OCEANOBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLACEAE; PAENIBACILLUS; PONTIBACILLUS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SALINIBACILLUS; THALASSOBACILLUS; VIRGIBACILLUS;

EID: 84929838548     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13213-014-0897-9     Document Type: Article

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