Corynebacterium spheniscorum sp. nov., isolated from the cloacae of wild penguins

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-46

  Goyache, J ^a   Vela, A I ^a   Collins, M D ^b   Ballesteros, C ^a   Briones, V ^a   Moreno, J ^c   Yorio, P ^d   Dominguez L ^a   Hutson, R ^b   Fernandez Garayzabal J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL STRUCTURE; CLOACA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM SPHENISCORUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LIPID ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENGUIN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; CLOACA; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM SPHENISCORUM; ENTEROBACTER; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0037214904     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02343-0     Document Type: Article

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