Polyphasic approach to the classification and identification of Gardnerella vaginalis and unidentified Gardnerella vaginalis-like coryneforms present in bacterial vaginosis

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 675-682

  Van Esbroeck, Marjan ^a   Vandamme, Peter ^a,b   Falsen, Enevold ^d   Vancanneyt, Marc ^b   Moore, Edward ^e   Pot, Bruno ^b,c   Gavini, Françoise ^f   Kersters, Karel ^b   Goossens, Herman ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Culture Collec Lab V M   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCETALES; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GARDNERELLA; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0029681961     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-3-675     Document Type: Article

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