Actinomyces hongkongensis sp. nov. A Novel Actinomyces species Isolated from a Patient with Pelvic Actinomycosis

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 518-522

  Woo, Patrick C Y ^a   Fung, Ami M Y ^a   Lau, Susanna K P ^a   Teng, Jade L L ^a   Wong, Beatrice H L ^a   Wong, Michelle K M ^a   Hon, Edmund ^a   Tang, Grace W K ^a   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Actinomyces hongkongensis; Patient; Pelvic actinomycosis

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CATALASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES HONGKONGENSIS; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PELVIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES HONGKONGENSIS; ACTINOMYCES MARIMAMMALIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OVIS ARIES; PHOCIDAE; PHOCOENIDAE; POSIBACTERIA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0345293373     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/072320203770865819     Document Type: Article

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