The family Coriobacteriaceae: Reclassification of Eubacterium exiguum (Poco et al, 1996) and Peptostreptococcus heliotrinreducens (Lanigan 1976) as Slackia exigua gen. nov., comb. nov. and Slackia heliotrinireducens gen. nov., comb. nov., and Eubacterium lentum (Prevot 1938) as Eggerthella lenta gen. nov., comb. nov.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 595-600

  Wade, William G ^a   Downes, Julia ^a   Dymock, David ^b   Hiom, Sarah J ^b   Weightman, Andrew J ^c   Dewhirst, Floyd E ^d   Paster, Bruce J ^d   Tzellas, Nia ^d   Coleman, Brittney ^d  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coriobacteriaceae; Eggerthella; Eubacterium; Peptostreptococcus; Slackia

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUBACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLACKIA; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORIOBACTERIACEAE; EGGERTHELLA; EGGERTHELLA LENTA; EUBACTERIUM EXIGUUM; EUBACTERIUM LENTUM; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS HELIOTRINREDUCENS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SLACKIA; SLACKIA EXIGUA; SLACKIA HELIOTRINIREDUCENS;

EID: 0032955594     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-2-595     Document Type: Article

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