Abiotrophia balaenopterae sp. nov., isolated from the minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 503-506

  Lawson, Paul A ^a   Foster, Geoffrey ^b   Falsen, Enevold ^c   Sjödén, Berit ^c   Collins, Matthew D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Abiotrophia balaenopterae sp. nov.; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ABIOTROPHIA; ABIOTROPHIA BALAENOPTERAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; WHALE;

ABIOTROPHIA; ABIOTROPHIA ADIACENS; ABIOTROPHIA BALAENOPTERAE; ABIOTROPHIA ELEGANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; GRANULICATELLA ADIACENS; GRANULICATELLA BALAENOPTERAE; GRANULICATELLA ELEGANS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032943526     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-2-503     Document Type: Article

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