Isolation and characterization of a unique group of slowly growing mycobacteria: Description of Mycobacterium lentiflavum sp. nov

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1100-1107

  Springer, Burkhard ^a   Wu, Whei Kuo ^h   Boomer, Thomas ^e   Haase, G ^b   Pfyffer, Gaby E ^f   Kroppenstedt, Reiner M ^c   Schröder, Karl Heinz ^d   Emler, Stefan ^g   Kilburn, James O ⁱ   Kirschner, Philip ^a   Telenti, Amalio ^e   Coyle, Marie B ^h   Böttger, Erik C ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^d RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029931770     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.5.1100-1107.1996     Document Type: Article

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