Intra- and intergeneric relationships of various actinomycete strains based on the acyl types of the muramyl residue in cell wall peptidoglycans examined in a glycolate test

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 182-190

  Uchida, Kinya ^a,c   Seino, Akio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KITASATO INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIC ACID; MURAMYL DIPEPTIDE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOPLANES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CATELLATOSPORA; COUCHIOPLANES; DACTYLOSPORANGIUM; GLYCOMYCES; GORDONIA (ACTINOMYCETE); MICROMONOSPORA; MYCOBACTERIUM; NOCARDIA; PILIMELIA; PSEUDONOCARDIACEAE; RHODOCOCCUS; STREPTOMYCETACEAE; STREPTOSPORANGIACEAE; THERMOMONOSPORACEAE; TSUKAMURELLA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031021812     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-1-182     Document Type: Article

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