Phylogenetic analysis identifies the 'megabacterium' of birds as a novel anamorphic ascomycetous yeast, Macrorhabdus ornithogaster gen. nov., sp. nov

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1201-1205

  Tomaszewski, Elizabeth K ^a   Logan, Kathleen S ^b   Snowden, Karen F ^b   Kurtzman, Cletus P ^c   Phalen, David N ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; DNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMPLIFIED RIBOSOMAL DNA RESTRICTION ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIRD; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL WALL; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MACRORHABDUS ORNITHOGASTER; MOLECULAR PROBE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SILVER STAINING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH MUCOSA; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; TERMINOLOGY;

ASCOMYCOTA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0041309556     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02514-0     Document Type: Article

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