Approaches to the study of the systematics of anaerobic, Gram-negative, non-sporeforming rods: Current status and perspectives

Anaerobe

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 179-194

  Shah, Haroun N ^a   Olsen, Ingar ^b   Bernard, Kathy ^c,d   Finegold, Sydney M ^e,f   Gharbia, Saheer ^a   Gupta, Radhey S ^g  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gram negative anaerobic rods; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

4 NITROIMIDAZOLE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM; CEFOXITIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES CAPILLOSUS; BACTEROIDES CELLULOSOLVENS; BACTEROIDETES; CHLOROBI; DYSGONOMONAS; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM ALOCIS; FUSOBACTERIUM CANIFELINUM; FUSOBACTERIUM POLYSACCHAROLYTICUM; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC NONENDOSPORE FORMING RODS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INDEL MUTATION; LEPTOTRICHIA; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PORPHYROMONADACEAE; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLA HEPARINOLYTICUS; PREVOTELLA MASSILIENSIS; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA; PREVOTELLA ZOOGLEOFORMANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SYNERGISTES; SYNERGISTES JONESII; TAXONOMIC RANK; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GRAM-NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC STRAIGHT, CURVED, AND HELICAL RODS; PHYLOGENY;

BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDETES; CHLOROBI; DYSGONOMONAS; FUSOBACTERIUM; LEPTOTRICHIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; SYNERGISTES;

EID: 70350223811     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.08.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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