Howardella ureilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, coccoid-shaped bacterium from a sheep rumen

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2940-2945

  Cook, Anthony R ^a   Riley, Paul W ^a   Murdoch, Heather ^a,b   Evans, Paul N ^c   McDonald, Ian R ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOWARDELLA UREILYTICA; NEW GENUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMEN MICROORGANISM; RUMINOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; FERMENTATION; GENES, RRNA; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUMEN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SHEEP; SPORES, BACTERIAL; UREA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; COCCOIDEA; OVIS ARIES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 37449025907     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64819-0     Document Type: Article

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