Evaluation of the relatedness of Brucella spp. and Ochrobactrum anthropi and description of Ochrobactrum intermedium sp. nov., a new species with a closer relationship to Brucella spp.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 759-768

  Velasco, Julián ^a   Romero, Conchi ^a   López Goñi, Ignacio ^a   Leiva, José ^b   Dĩaz, Ramõn ^a,b   Moriyón, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Antigenic relatedness; Brucella; Ochrobactrum

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRUCELLA; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCHROBACTRUM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; NEGIBACTERIA; OCHROBACTRUM; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; OCHROBACTRUM INTERMEDIUM;

EID: 0031827262     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-3-759     Document Type: Article

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