Genetic heterogeneities and phenotypic characteristics of strains of the genus Abiotrophia and proposal of Abiotrophia para-adiacens sp. nov.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 492-498

  Kanamoto, Taisei ^a   Sato, Setsuko ^a   Inoue, Masakazu ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DEIMINASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; PULLULAN; PYRIDOXAL;

ABIOTROPHIA DEFECTIVA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GRANULICATELLA ADIACENS; GRANULICATELLA ELEGANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ABIOTROPHIA; ABIOTROPHIA DEFECTIVA; ABIOTROPHIA PARA-ADIACENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEMELLA MORBILLORUM; GRANULICATELLA ADIACENS; GRANULICATELLA BALAENOPTERAE; GRANULICATELLA ELEGANS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033967882     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.492-498.2000     Document Type: Article

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