Emended description of Streptococcus ferus isolated from pigs and rats

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 143-146

  Baele, Margo ^a   Devriese, Luc A ^a   Vancanneyt, Marc ^b   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^c   Snauwaert, Cindy ^b   Swings, Jean ^b   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA 16S; GUANINE; SPACER DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS FERUS; SUGARCANE; SWINE; TAXONOMY; TONSIL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RATS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUS SCROFA;

ARUNDINARIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS FERUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037217050     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02246-0     Document Type: Article

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