Detection of Fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase (F6PPK), a key enzyme of the Bifid-shunt, in Gardnerella vaginalis

Anaerobe

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 191-193

  Gavini, F ^a   Van Esbroeck, M ^b   Touzel, J P ^a   Fourment, A ^a   Goossens, H ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Coryneform bacteria; Fructose 6 phosphate phosphoketolase (F6PPK), 16S; Gardnerella vaginalis; rRNA sequencing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CELL EXTRACT; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCETALES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES TURICENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; CORYNEFORM BACTERIUM; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; LACTOBACILLUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030176177     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.1996.0025     Document Type: Article

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