Proposal of Histophilus somni gen. nov., sp. nov. for the three species incertae sedis 'Haemophilus somnus', 'Haemophilus agni' and 'Histophilus ovis'

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1449-1456

  Angen, Øystein ^a   Ahrens, Peter ^a   Kuhnert, Peter ^b   Christensen, Henrik ^c   Mutters, Reinier ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOLE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAIN TISSUE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPHILUS SOMNI; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PASTEURELLACEAE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXON; TAXONOMY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TYPE STRAIN; UNITED STATES;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PASTEURELLACEAE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; HAEMOPHILUS; HISTOPHILUS SOMNI; NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS; PASTEURELLACEAE;

EID: 0141725836     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02637-0     Document Type: Article

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