Revised group classification of the genus Spiroplasma

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Williamson, David L ^a   Whitcomb, Robert F ^b   Tully, Joseph G ^c   Gasparich, Gail E ^b,g   Rose, David L ^c,h   Carle, Patricia ^d   Bové, Joseph M ^d   Hackett, Kevin J ^b   Adams, Jean R ^h   Henegar, Roberta B ^b   Konai, Meghnad ^b,h   Chastel, Claude ^e   French, Frank E ^f  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE ET DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (France)

^f GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Mollicutes; Spiroplasma

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOSINE; GLUCOSE; GUANINE; UREA;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA CONTENT; MOLLICUTES; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPIROPLASMA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIDENS; CERVIDAE; CHRYSOPS; COREOPSIS; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA; EQUUS CABALLUS; HELIANTHUS; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MOLLICUTES; NEGIBACTERIA; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA ALLEGHENENSE; SPIROPLASMA CHRYSOPICOLA; SPIROPLASMA HELICOIDES; SPIROPLASMA LINEOLAE; SPIROPLASMA MONTANENSE; SPIROPLASMA PLATYHELIX; SPIROPLASMA TABANIDICOLA; TABANIDAE; TABANUS LINEOLA; TIPHIIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0031916246     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-1-1     Document Type: Article

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