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Oceanicaulis alexandrii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel stalked bacterium isolated from a culture of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense (Lebour) Balech
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A selection of 16S rDNA sequence stretches and helices where
the five strains of
O. alexandrii exhibit diagnostic differences from related
genera (Table I) and characteristics useful for differentiating
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Oceanicaulis from related genera (Table II) are available
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