The Streptococcus anginosus species comprises five 16S rRNA ribogroups with different phenotypic characteristics and clinical relevance

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1073-1079

  Jacobs, Jan A ^a   Schot, Corrie S ^b   Schouls, Leo M ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Motile strains; Streptococcus anginosus

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; TAXONOMY;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS;

EID: 0034074504     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-3-1073     Document Type: Article

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