Lack of evidence for "Acinetobacter septicus" as a species different from Acinetobacter ursingii?

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2826-2827

  Nemec, Alexandr ^a   Musílek, Martin ^a   Vaneechoute, Mario ^b   Falsen, Enevold ^c   Dijkshoorn, Lenie ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BEIJERINCKII; ACINETOBACTER SEPTICUS; ACINETOBACTER URSINGII; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPOB GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER URSINGII;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 53149153576     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01003-08     Document Type: Letter

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