Biochemical and genetic evidence for the transfer of Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. caprae Aranaz et al. 1999 to the species Mycobacterium bovis Karlson and Lessel 1970 (approved list 1980) as Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae comb. nov.

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 433-436

  Niemann, Stefan ^a   Richter, Elvira ^a   Rüsch Gerdes, Sabine ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

M. tuberculosis; Mycobacterium bovis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; Subsp. caprae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NICOTINIC ACID; NITRATE; PYRAZINAMIDE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CAPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036201217     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-52-2-433     Document Type: Article

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