Characterization of Actinomyces isolates from samples from the human urogenital tract: Description of Actinomyces urogenitalis sp. nov.

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1649-1654

  Nikolaitchouk, Natalia ^a   Hoyles, Lesley ^b   Falsen, Enevold ^c   Grainger, John M ^c   Collins, Matthew D ^b  

^a PEOPLES FRIENDSHIP UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Actinomyces urogenitalis; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES BOVIS; ACTINOMYCES UROGENITALIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES BOVIS; ACTINOMYCES UROGENITALIS; ARCANOBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033853276     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-4-1649     Document Type: Article

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