Legionella busanensis sp. nov., isolated from cooling tower water in Korea

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-80

  Park, Mi Yeoun ^a   Ko, Kwan Soo ^b   Lee, Hae Kyung ^a   Park, Man Suk ^a   Kook, Yoon Hoh ^b  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COOLING WATER; DNA 16S; FATTY ACID; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; KOREA; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA BUSANENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOPHILINS; KOREA; LEGIONELLA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA BUSANENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0347297274     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02268-0     Document Type: Article

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