Isolation of Toxigenic Nocardiopsis Strains from Indoor Environments and Description of Two New Nocardiopsis Species, N. exhalans sp. nov. and N. umidischolae sp. nov

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 4293-4304

  Peltola, Joanna S P ^a   Andersson, Maria A ^a   Kämpfer, Peter ^b   Auling, Georg ^c   Kroppenstedt, Reiner M ^d   Busse, Hans Jürgen ^e   Salkinoja Salonen, Mirja S ^a   Rainey, Frederick A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^f LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; FATTY ACID;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, RRNA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

EID: 0035462377     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.9.4293-4304.2001     Document Type: Article

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