Proposal to elevate Mycobacterium avium complex ITS sequevar MAC-Q to Mycobacterium vulneris sp. nov

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2277-2282

  van Ingen, Jakko ^a,b   Boeree, M J ^a   Kosters K ^c,d   Wieland, A ^e   Tortoli, E ^f   Dekhuijzen, P N R ^a   van Soolingen, D ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

^c Vie Curi Hospital   (Netherlands)

^d Helios Klinikum   (Germany)

^e VIECURI MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; HYDROXYLAMINE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; MYCOLIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; UREASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; TELLURITE REDUCTASE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM VULNERIS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SCOTOCHROMOGENIC BACTERIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPH NODE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC); MYCOBACTERIUM CHIMAERA; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATALASE; CELL WALL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; HUMANS; HYDROXYLAMINE; LYMPH NODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOLIC ACIDS; OLEIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UREASE;

EID: 70350495622     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.008854-0     Document Type: Article

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