16s rRNA gene sequence analyses and inter- and intrageneric relationships of Xanthomonas species and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-153

  Moore, Edward R B ^a   Krüger, Annette S ^a   Hauben, Lysiane ^a,b   Seal, Susan E ^c   De Baere, Roland ^d   De Wachter, Rupert ^d   Timmis, Kenneth N ^a   Swings, Jean ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Phylogeny; Stenotrophomonas; Xanthomonas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; XANTHOMONAS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; XANTHOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 0343581283     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00152-3     Document Type: Article

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