Region of difference 1 in nontuberculous Mycobacterium species adds a phylogenetic and taxonomical character

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 5865-5867

  Van Ingen, Jakko ^a,b,c   De Zwaan, Rina ^a   Dekhuijzen, Richard ^b   Boeree, Martin ^b   Van Soolingen, Dick ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c National Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM RIYADHEN; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 69949089846     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00683-09     Document Type: Article

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