Ruminococcus gauvreauii sp. nov., a glycopeptide-resistant species isolated from a human faecal specimen

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1393-1397

  Domingo, M C ^a,b   Huletsky, A ^a,b   Boissinot, M ^a,b   Bernard, K A ^c,d   Picard, F J ^a,b   Bergeron, Michael G ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CELLOBIOSE; COLISTIN; ESCULIN; GLUCOSE; KANAMYCIN; LACTOSE; METRONIDAZOLE; POLYANETHOLESULFONIC ACID; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN TUF; RAFFINOSE; RNA 16S; TEICOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; GLYCOPEPTIDE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM COCCOIDES; FECES; GENE CLUSTER; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROLYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RUMINOCOCCUS; RUMINOCOCCUS GAUVREAUII; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CLOSTRIDIUM COCCOIDES; POSIBACTERIA; RUMINOCOCCUS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; GENES, RRNA; GLYCOPEPTIDES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUMINOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 48549091830     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65259-0     Document Type: Article

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