Potential misidentification of a new Exiguobacterium sp. as Oerskovia xanthineolytica isolated from blood culture

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 86-

  Kenny, F ^a   Xu, J ^b   Millar, B C ^b   McClurg, R B ^a   Moore, John E ^b  

^a SLIGO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; EXIGUOBACTERIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OERSKOVIA XANTHINEOLYTICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELLULOSIMICROBIUM CELLULANS; EXIGUOBACTERIUM SP.;

EID: 33746274098     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2006.11732726     Document Type: Article

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