Enterococcus asini sp. nov. isolated from the caecum of donkeys (Equus asinus)

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 383-387

  De Vaux, Albane ^a   Laguerre, Gisèle ^b   Diviès, Charles ^a   Prévost, Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

16S rRNA analysis; Enterococcus; Enterococcus asini sp. nov.; Phenotypic analysis; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARBOHYDRATE; MANNITOL; PYRUVIC ACID; RAFFINOSE; RIBOSE; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SORBITOL; SORBOSE; SUCROSE; TAGATOSE; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONKEY; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS ASINI; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS PSEUDOAVIUM; EQUUS; EQUUS ASINUS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031776634     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-2-383     Document Type: Article

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