Phylogenetic diversity of Streptococcus suis strains of various serotypes as revealed by 16S rRNA gene sequence comparison

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 581-589

  Chatellier, Sonia ^a   Harel, Josée ^a   Zhang, Ying ^b   Gottschalk, Marcelo ^a   Higgins, Robert ^a   Devriese, Luc A ^c   Brousseau, Roland ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequence analysis; Streptococcus suis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 0031776720     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-2-581     Document Type: Article

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