Comparison of the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer regions among strains of the Mycoplasma mycoides cluster, and reassessment of the taxonomic position of mycoplasma sp. bovine group 7

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1325-1329

  Harasawa, Ryô ^a   Hotzel, Helmut ^b   Sachse, Konrad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Fed Inst Hlth Protect C   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S 23S rRNA; Intergenic spacer region; Mycoplasma mycoides; PG50; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; INTRON; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA CAPRICOLUM; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; MYCOPLASMA PUTREFACIENS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; ENTOMOPLASMATACEAE; MYCOPLASMA CAPRICOLUM; MYCOPLASMA CAPRICOLUM SUBSP. CAPRICOLUM; MYCOPLASMA CAPRICOLUM SUBSP. CAPRIPNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES SUBSP. CAPRI; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES SUBSP. MYCOIDES; MYCOPLASMA PUTREFACIENS; MYCOPLASMA SP.; MYCOPLASMA SP. 'BOVINE GROUP 7'; MYCOPLASMATALES; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034087560     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-3-1325     Document Type: Article

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