Description of Enterococcus canis sp. nov. from dogs and reclassification of Enterococcus porcinus Teixeiera et al. 2001 as a junior synonym of Enterococcus villorum Vancanneyt et al. 2001

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1069-1074

  De Graef, Evelyne M ^a   Devriese, L A ^a   Vancanneyt, M ^b   Baele, M ^a   Collins, M D ^c   Lefebvre, K ^b   Swings, J ^b   Haesebrouck, F ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CELL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; SODIUM AZIDE; SPACER DNA;

ANUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DOG; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CANIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS PORCINUS; ENTEROCOCCUS VILLORUM; EXTERNAL OTITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMIC RANK;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS SP.; ENTEROCOCCUS CANIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS VILLORUM; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0042812212     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02549-0     Document Type: Article

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