Polyphasic taxonomic approach in the description of Alishewanella fetalis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a human foetus

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1133-1142

  Vogel, Birte Fonnesbech ^a   Venkateswaran, Kasthuri ^b   Christensen, Henrik ^c   Falsen, Enevold ^d   Christiansen, Gunna ^e   Gram, Lone ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Alishewanella fetalis gen. nov., sp. nov.; DNA gyrase; Human isolate; Polyphasic taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALISHEWANELLA FETALIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FERMENTATION; FETUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; SWEDEN; VIBRIONACEAE;

ALISHEWANELLA FETALIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; VIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 0034087556     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-3-1133     Document Type: Article

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