Characteristics of rare or recently described Corynebacterium species recovered from human clinical material in Canada

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 4375-4381

  Bernard, K A ^a   Munro, C ^a   Wiebe, D ^a   Ongsansoy, E ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPIONIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM BOVIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CANADA; CATTLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PROPIONIC ACIDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 0036840765     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.4375-4381.2002     Document Type: Article

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