Mycobacterium xenopi and related organisms isolated from stream waters in Finland and description of Mycobacterium botniense sp. nov.

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 283-289

  Torkko, Pirjo ^a   Suomalainen, Sini ^b   Iivanainen, Eila ^a   Suutari, Merja ^a   Tortoli, Enrico ^c   Paulin, Lars ^b   Katila, Marja Leena ^d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

16S rDNA sequence; Fatty acids; ITS sequence; Mycobacterium botniense sp. nov.; Mycobacterium xenopi

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FINLAND; LIPID ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOTNIENSI; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOTNIENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPI; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033967562     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-1-283     Document Type: Article

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