Phylogeny of oral asaccharolytic Eubacterium species determined by 16S ribosomal DNA sequence comparison and proposal of Eubacterium infirmum sp. nov. and Eubacterium tardum sp. nov.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 957-959

  Cheeseman, Sarah L ^b   Hiom, Sarah J ^a   Weightman, Andrew J ^b   Wade, William G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTITIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE;

EUBACTERIUM BRACHY; EUBACTERIUM INFIRMUM; EUBACTERIUM MINUTUM; EUBACTERIUM NODATUM; EUBACTERIUM SAPHENUM; MOGIBACTERIUM TIMIDUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0029798410     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-4-957     Document Type: Article

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