Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis sp. nov., a new species of Nocardia which groups bacterial strains previously identified as Nocardia brasiliensis and associated with invasive diseases

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 259-264

  Ruimy, Raymond ^a   Riegel, Philippe ^b   Carlotti, Arnaud ^c   Boiron, Patrick ^d   Bernardin, Gilles ^e   Monteil, Henri ^b   Wallace Jr , Richard J ^f   Christen, Richard ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MENAQUINONE; MYCOLIC ACID; RIBOSOME DNA;

ABSCESS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA PSEUDOBRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0030033166     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-1-259     Document Type: Article

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