Phylogenic and phenotypic evidence for the transfer of Eubacterium fossor to the genus Atopobium as Atopobium fossor comb. nov.

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 389-395

  Kageyama, Akiko ^a   Benno, Yoshimi ^a   Nakase, Takashi ^a  

^a RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Atopobium fossor comb. nov.

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCES; ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM FOSSOR; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; EUBACTERIUM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMYCES; ATOPOBIUM; ATOPOBIUM FOSSOR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUBACTERIUM FOSSOR; EUBACTERIUM LIMOSUM; FOSSOR; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033004356     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1999.tb02421.x     Document Type: Article

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