Alkanindiges hongkongensis sp. nov. A novel Alkanindiges species isolated from a patient with parotid abscess

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 316-322

  Woo, Patrick C Y ^a   Tse, Herman ^a   Lau, Susanna K P ^a   Leung, Kit Wah ^a   Woo, Gibson K S ^a   Wong, Michelle K M ^a   Ho, Chiu Ming ^b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alkanindiges hongkongensis; Parotid abscess; Patient

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; POLYSORBATE 80; RIBOSOME RNA; TRYPTOPHAN;

ABSCESS; ACTINOBACTERIA; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGED; ALKANINDIGES HONGKONGENSIS; ALKANINDIGES ILLINOISENSIS; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAROTID GLAND DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; WARTHIN TUMOR;

ACINETOBACTER; ALKANINDIGES; ALKANINDIGES HONGKONGENSIS; ALKANINDIGES ILLINOISENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 19444385177     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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