Corynebacterium nigricans sp. nov.: Proposed name for a black-pigmented Corynebacterium species recovered from the human female urogenital tract

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4353-4358

  Shukla, Sanjay K ^a   Bernard, Kathryn A ^d   Harney, Mary ^b   Frank, Daniel N ^c   Reed, Kurt D ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLISTIN; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM NIGRICANS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VAGINA;

ADULT; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VAGINA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM NIGRICANS; OVIS ARIES; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0041417872     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4353-4358.2003     Document Type: Article

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