Clostridium lavalense sp. nov., a glycopeptide-resistant species isolated from human faeces

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 498-503

  Domingo, M C ^a,b   Huletsky, A ^a,b   Boissinot, M ^a,b   Helie M C ^a   Bernal, A ^a   Bernard, K A ^c,d   Grayson, M L ^e   Picard, F J ^a,b   Bergeron, Michel G ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; FATTY ACID; RNA 16S; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ASPARAGIFORME; CLOSTRIDIUM BOLTEAE; CLOSTRIDIUM CLOSTRIDIOFORME; CLOSTRIDIUM COCCOIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM LAVALENSE; FECES; GENE SEQUENCE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; NEW GENUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ASPARAGIFORME; CLOSTRIDIUM BOLTEAE; CLOSTRIDIUM CLOSTRIDIOFORME; CLOSTRIDIUM COCCOIDES; POSIBACTERIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS; FECES; GLYCOPEPTIDES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70350692048     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.001958-0     Document Type: Article

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