First description of Curtobacterium spp. isolated from human clinical specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1032-1036

  Funke, Guido ^a   Aravena Roman, Max ^b   Frodl, Reinhard ^a  

^a Gartner and Colleagues Laboratories   (Germany)

^b Div of Microbiol and Infect Dis   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTEISOHEPTADECAOIC ACID; ANTEISOPENTADECANOIC ACID; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIAMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; ORNITHINE; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURTOBACTERIUM PUSILLUM; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOMYCETALES; BASE SEQUENCE; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; CURTOBACTERIUM; CURTOBACTERIUM PUSILLUM;

EID: 14944365166     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1032-1036.2005     Document Type: Article

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