Reclassification of phenotypically identified Staphylococcus intermedius strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2770-2778

  Sasaki, Takashi ^a   Kikuchi, Ken ^a   Tanaka, Yoshikazu ^b   Takahashi, Namiko ^a   Kamata, Shinichi ^b   Hiramatsu, Keiichi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; ARGININE DEIMINASE; BETA GENTIOBIOSE; GENTIOBIOSE; MANNITOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAT; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DOG; GENE SEQUENCE; HORSE; HSP60 GENE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS DELPHINI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATS; CHAPERONIN 60; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLUMBIDAE; DISACCHARIDES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; ENDONUCLEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; HYDROLASES; MANNITOL; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MINK; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; EQUIDAE; MUSTELA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS DELPHINI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS;

EID: 34548662622     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00360-07     Document Type: Article

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