Phylogenetic analysis of Fusobacterium alocis and Fusobacterium sulci based on 16S rRNA gene sequences: Proposal of Filifactor alocis (Cato, Moore and Moore) comb. nov. and Eubacterium sulci (Cato, Moore and Moore) comb. nov.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1375-1379

  Jalava, Jari ^a   Eerola, Erkki ^a  

^a Turku University   (Finland)

Author keywords

16S rRNA analysis; Fusobacterium alocis; Fusobacterium sulci; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUBACTERIUM; EUBACTERIUM SULCI; EVOLUTION; FILIFACTOR ALOCIS; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM ALOCIS; FUSOBACTERIUM SULCI; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EUBACTERIUM INFIRMUM; FILIFACTOR ALOCIS; FUSOBACTERIUM ALOCIS; FUSOBACTERIUM SULCI;

EID: 0032747490     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-4-1375     Document Type: Article

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