A new species of oral Streptococcus isolated from Sprague-Dawley rats, Streptococcus orisratti sp. nov.

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-61

  Zhu, H ^a,b   Willcox, M D P ^b   Knox, K W ^a  

^a Institute of Dental Research Sydney South West Area Health Service NSW Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA DNA hybridization; Rat; rDNA sequencing; Taxonomy; Viridans streptococci

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FERMENTATION; GENEALOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORISRATTI; TAXONOMY;

POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORISRATTI;

EID: 0033950119     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-1-55     Document Type: Article

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