Semantide- and chemotaxonomy-based analyses of some problematic phenotypic clusters of slowly growing mycobacteria, a cooperative study of the international working group on mycobacterial taxonomy

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 280-297

  Wayne, L G ^a   Good, R C ^b   Bottger E C ^c   Butler, R ^b   Dorsch, M ^d   Ezaki, T ^e   Gross, W ^f   Jonas, V ^g   Kilburn, J ^b   Kirschner, P ^c   Krichevsky, M I ^h   Ridell, M ⁱ   Shinnick, T M ^b   Springer, B ^c   Stackebrandt, E ^d   Tarnok, I ^j   Tarnok, Z ^j   Tasaka, H ^k   Vincent, V ^l   Warren, N G ^m   Knott, C A ^g   Johnson, R ⁿ   more..

^a VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g Gen Probe Incorporated   (United States)

^h Bionomics International   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^j RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^k HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^l INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^m Public Health Laboratory Division   (United States)

ⁿ Chromagen Inc   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTERJECTUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE;

EID: 0030071269     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-1-280     Document Type: Article

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