Nocardia elegans sp. nov., a member of the Nocardia vaccinii clade isolated from sputum

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1505-1509

  Yassin, A F ^a   Brenner, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MYCOLIC ACID; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENUS; LUNG INFECTION; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ELEGANS; NOCARDIA VACCINII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLIC ACIDS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPUTUM;

NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA AFRICANA; NOCARDIA VACCINII; NOCARDIA VETERANA;

EID: 22544456924     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63570-0     Document Type: Article

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