Streptococcus halichoeri sp. nov., isolated from grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1753-1756

  Lawson, Paul A ^a   Forster, Geoffrey ^b   Falsen, Enevold ^c   Davison, Nick ^d   Collins, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CELL PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS HALICHOERI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATALASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOME; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEALS, EARLESS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; PHOCIDAE; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 5444242561     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63082-0     Document Type: Article

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