Catabacter hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from blood cultures of patients from Hong Kong and Canada

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 395-401

  Lau, Susanna K P ^a,b   McNabb, Alan ^c   Woo, Gibson K S ^a   Hoang, Linda ^c,d   Fung, Ami M Y ^a   Chung, Liliane M W ^a   Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; CATALASE; CEFOTAXIME; GLUCOSE; MANNOSE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN; XYLOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CATABACTER HONGKONGENSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENUS; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEPSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES;

ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; BLOOD; CANADA; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ATOPOBIUM MINUTUM; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CATABACTER HONGKONGENSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM NEOPROPIONICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PROPIONICUM; OVIS ARIES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33847022234     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01831-06     Document Type: Article

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