Phylogeny of the genus Nocardia based on reassessed 16S rRNA gene sequences reveals underspeciation and division of strains classified as Nocardia asteroides into three established species and two unnamed taxons

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 851-856

  Roth, Andreas ^a   Andrees, Sebastian ^a   Kroppenstedt, Reiner M ^b   Harmsen, Dag ^c   Mauch, Harald ^a  

^a Lungenklinik Heckeshorn   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ABSCESSUS; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA BREVICATENA; NOCARDIA CARNEA; NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA; NOCARDIA FLAVOROSEA; NOCARDIA PAUCIVORANS;

EID: 0037316861     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.2.851-856.2003     Document Type: Article

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