Corynebacterium confusum sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1291-1296

  Funke, Guido ^a   Osorio, Carlos R ^b   Frei, Reno ^c   Riegel, Philippe ^d   Collins, Matthew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Corynebacterium; Corynebacterium confusum sp. nov.; Phenotypical delineation; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL DERIVATIVE; GLYCOPEPTIDE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM CONFUSUM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

CORYNEBACTERIUM CONFUSUM;

EID: 0031724879     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-4-1291     Document Type: Article

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