Corynebacterium lipophiloflavum sp. nov. isolated from a patient with bacterial vaginosis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-224

  Funke, Guido ^a   Hutson, Roger A ^b   Hilleringmann, Markus ^c   Heizmann, Wolfgang R ^d   Collins, Matthew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Med Microbiol Laboratory Nordhorn   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Corynebacterium lipophiloflavum sp. nov.; Corynebacterium taxonomy

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CORYNEBACTERIUM; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENZYMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; UREA; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM LIPOPHILOFLAVUM; CORYNEFORM BACTERIUM;

EID: 0030991630     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00118-3     Document Type: Article

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