Polyphasic taxonomic study of "Aeromonas eucrenophila-like" isolates from clinical and environmental sources

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 343-349

  Demarta, Antonella ^a   Huys, Geert ^b   Tonolla, Mauro ^a   Swings, Jean ^b   Peduzzi, Raffaele ^a  

^a Istituto Cantonale di Microbiologia   (Switzerland)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

16S rDNA sequencing; A. encheleia; Aeromonas eucrenophila; FAFLP; Phenotypic characterization; Polyphasic taxonomy; Ribotyping

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS EUCRENOPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS ENCHELEIA; AEROMONAS EUCRENOPHILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 2642581486     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0723-2020-00276     Document Type: Article

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