ISSN:
1432-072X
Keywords:
Flexirubin-type pigments
;
Flavobacterium
;
Taxonomy of flavobacteria
;
Chemosystematic markers
;
Flexibacteria
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract In an organism (strain C 1/2 from Dr. P. R. Hayes, Leeds) regarded as a typical representative of the genus Flavobacterium, flexirubin-type pigments have been identified. The Flavobacterium pigments contain structural elements of both, the pigments of the genus Flexibacter and the pigments of the genus Cytophaga. As flexirubin-type pigments seem to have a rather restricted distribution among bacteria, and have formerly proved to be useful chemosystematic markers for the flexibacteria, this new observation may indicate that there is a relatively close phylogenetic relationship between this type of flavobacteria and the Cytophaga-Flexibacter group.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00409934
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