Actinomyces europaeus sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 687-692

  Funke, Guido ^a   Alvarez, Nerea ^b   Pascual, Cristina ^b   Falsen, Enevold ^c   Akervall, Eva ^c   Sabbe, Luc ^d   Schouls, Leo ^e   Weiss, Norbert ^f   Collins, Matthew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d Stichting Streeklaboratorium Zeeland   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCETALES; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES EUROPAEUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEFORM BACTERIUM;

EID: 0030799989     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-3-687     Document Type: Article

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