16S rRNA gene sequences of 'Candidatus Campylobacter hominis', a novel uncultivated species, are found in the gastrointestinal tract of healthy humans

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2063-2071

  Lawson, Andrew J ^a   Linton, Dennis ^a   Stanley, John ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rRNA sequences; Campylobacter; Human gastrointestinal tract

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CAMPYLOBACTER; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SALIVA;

CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER CONCISUS; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER HELVETICUS; CAMPYLOBACTER HOMINIS; CAMPYLOBACTER HYOINTESTINALIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; CAMPYLOBACTER SPUTORUM; CAMPYLOBACTER UPSALIENSIS;

EID: 0031715372     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-8-2063     Document Type: Article

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