Reclassification of Serpulina intermedia and Serpulina murdochii in the genus Brachyspira as Brachyspira intermedia comb. nov. and Brachyspira murdochii comb. nov

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1009-1012

  Hampson, David J ^a   La, Tom ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA AALBORGI; BRACHYSPIRA ALVINIPULLI; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; BRACHYSPIRA INNOCENS; BRACHYSPIRA INTERMEDIA; BRACHYSPIRA MURDOCHII; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIROCHETE; TAXONOMY; TYPE STRAIN;

BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SERPULINA; SPIROCHAETALES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA AALBORGI; BRACHYSPIRA ALVINIPULLI; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; BRACHYSPIRA INNOCENS; BRACHYSPIRA INTERMEDIA; BRACHYSPIRA MURDOCHII; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 33744718771     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64004-0     Document Type: Article

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