dnaJ and gyrB gene sequence relationship among species and strains of genus Streptococcus

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 368-374

  Itoh, Yoko ^a   Kawamura, Yoshiaki ^a   Kasai, Hiroaki ^b   Shah, Mohammad Monir ^a   Nhung, Pham Hong ^a   Yamada, Makiko ^a   Sun, Xiaosong ^a   Koyana, Takashi ^a   Hayashi, Masahiro ^a   Ohkusu, Kiyofumi ^a   Ezaki, Takayuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

dnaJ; gyrB; Mitis group; Streptococcus; Taxonomic study

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNAJ GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENUS; GYRB GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33745651590     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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