Rhodococcus gordoniae sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from clinical material and phenol-contaminated soil

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 407-411

  Jones, Amanda L ^a,b   Brown, June M ^c   Mishra, Vachaspati ^d   Perry, John D ^b   Steigerwalt, Arnold G ^c   Goodfellow, Michael ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; GALACTOSE; ISOPRENE; MENAQUINONE; MURAMIC ACID; MYCOLIC ACID; PHENOL; RNA 16S;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACTINOBACTERIA; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEHYDROGENATION; EXTRACTION; GENOTYPE; GENUS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NEW SPECIES; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS GORDONIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTION; TAXONOMY;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; PHENOLS; PHYLOGENY; RHODOCOCCUS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); POSIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS GORDONIAE; RHODOCOCCUS PYRIDINIVORANS; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 1842527112     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02756-0     Document Type: Article

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