Proposal to restrict the genus Clostridium prazmowski to Clostridium butyricum and related species

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1009-1016

  Lawson, Paul A ^a   Rainey, Fred A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM MAXIMUM; CLOSTRIDIUM MONILIFORME; CLOSTRIDIUM PRAZMOWSKI; CLOSTRIDIUM TARANTELLAE; CLOSTRIDIUM VENTRICULI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENUS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HATHEWAYA HISTOLYTICA; HATHEWAYA LIMOSA; HATHEWAYA PROTEOLYTICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84960465464     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.000824     Document Type: Article

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