Treponema amylovorum sp. nov., a saccharolytic spirochete of medium size isolated from an advanced human periodontal lesion

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 842-845

  Wyss, C ^a,c   Choi, B K ^b   Schupbach P ^a   Guggenheim, B ^a   Gobel U B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Allgemeine Immunologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TREPONEMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPIROCHAETALES; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA AMYLOVORUM;

EID: 0030752878     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-3-842     Document Type: Article

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