rDNA sequence analyses of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis isolates from pigs

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1941-1946

  Kawata, Koji ^a   Minakami, Taichi ^a   Mori, Yukari ^a   Katsumi, Masanori ^b   Kataoka, Yasushi ^c   Ezawa, Ayako ^a   Kikuchi, Naoya ^a   Takahashi, Tatsuhumi ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sendai Meat Inspection Center   (Japan)

^c NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; DNA MARKER; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOCARDITIS; LYMPHADENITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE EQUISIMILIS; SUBSPECIES; SWINE; TAXONOMIC RANK;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS; SWINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE SUBSP. DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE SUBSP. EQUISIMILIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0344465289     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02666-0     Document Type: Article

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