Amycolatopsis kentuckyensis sp. nov., Amycolatopsis lexingtonensis sp. nov. and Amycolatopsis pretoriensis sp. nov., isolated from equine placentas

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1601-1605

  Labeda, D P ^a   Donahue, J M ^b   Williams, N M ^b   Sells, S F ^b   Henton, M M ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Golden Vetlab ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMYCOLATOPSIS KENTUCKYENSIS; AMYCOLATOPSIS LEXINGTONENSIS; AMYCOLATOPSIS PRETORIENSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENUS; HORSE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HORSES; KENTUCKY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); AMYCOLATOPSIS; AMYCOLATOPSIS KENTUCKYENSIS; AMYCOLATOPSIS LEXINGTONENSIS; AMYCOLATOPSIS MEDITERRANEI; AMYCOLATOPSIS PRETORIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0141502455     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02691-0     Document Type: Article

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