Mycoplasma amphoriforme sp. nov., isolated from a patient with chronic bronchopneumonia

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2589-2594

  Pitcher, Dave G ^a   Windsor, D ^b   Windsor, H ^b   Bradbury, J M ^c   Yavari, C ^c   Jensen, J S ^d   Ling, C ^e   Webster, D ^e  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Mycoplasma Experience Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^e ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA AMPHORIFORME; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEW SPECIES; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPUTUM;

BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPUTUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA TESTUDINIS; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 27844491142     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63269-0     Document Type: Article

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