Re-evaluation of the taxonomic position of Streptococcus ferus

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1783-1787

  Whatmore, Adrian M ^a   Whiley, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mutans group; Streptococcus ferus

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; RATS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS FERUS;

EID: 0036739506     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02254-0     Document Type: Article

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