Probable new species of Desulfovibiro isolated from a pyogenic liver abscess

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1760-1764

  Tee, Wee ^a   Dyall Smith, Michael ^b   Woods, Wayne ^b   Eisen, Damon ^c  

^a FAIRFIELD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; NEGIBACTERIA;

RNA 16S;

AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DESULFOVIBRIO; FEVER; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; DESULFOVIBRIO; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029943094     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.7.1760-1764.1996     Document Type: Article

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