Phylogenetic relationship of the twenty-one DNA groups of the genus Acinetobacter as revealed by 16S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 837-841

  Ibrahim, Ashraf ^a,c   Gerner Smidt, Peter ^a   Liesack, Werner ^b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACINETOBACTER HAEMOLYTICUS; ACINETOBACTER JOHNSONII; ACINETOBACTER JUNII; ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ACINETOBACTER RADIORESISTENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0030840750     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-3-837     Document Type: Article

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