Characterization of a Rothia-like organism from a mouse: Description of Rothia nasimurium sp. nov. and reclassification of Stomatococcus mucilaginosus as Rothia mucilaginosa comb. nov.

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1247-1251

  Collins, M D ^a   Hutson, R A ^a   Baverud V ^b   Falsen, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Phylogeny; Rothia; Stomatococcus; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTHIA; ROTHIA NASIMURIUM; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROCOCCACEAE; POSIBACTERIA; ROTHIA; ROTHIA DENTOCARIOSA; ROTHIA MUCILAGINOSA; ROTHIA NASIMURIUM; STOMATOCOCCUS MUCILAGINOSUS; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0034106422     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-3-1247     Document Type: Article

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