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Aquaspirillum dispar Hylemon et al. 1973 and Microvirgula aerodenitrificans Patureau et al. 1998 are subjective synonyms.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Sept 2003
Cleenwerck I, De Wachter M, Hoste B, Janssens D, Swings J
Abstract excerpt
The 16S rDNA sequences of [Aquaspirillum] dispar LMG 4329(T) and Microvirgula aerodenitrificans SGLY2(T) (=LMG 18919(T)) were found to be very similar (>99 %). DNA-DNA hybridizations between the two strains revealed a high level of DNA-DNA binding (84 %), showing that they represent a single species. M. aerodenitrificans and [A.] dispar were also phenotypically very similar. It is concluded that [A.] dispar and...
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