Characterization of some Actinomyces-like isolates from human clinical sources: Description of Varibaculum cambriensis gen. nov., sp. nov.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 640-644

  Hall, Val ^a   Collins, Matthew D ^b   Lawson, Paul A ^b   Hutson, Roger A ^b   Falsen, Enevold ^c   Inganas, Elisabeth ^c   Duerden, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOMYCES; ARCANOBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MOBILUNCUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA ANALYSIS; VARIBACULUM CAMBRIENSIS;

ACTINOMYCETACEAE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOBACULUM; ACTINOMYCES; ARCANOBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MOBILUNCUS; POSIBACTERIA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIUM; VARIBACULUM CAMBRIENSE;

EID: 12244277386     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.2.640-644.2003     Document Type: Article

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