Proposal to reclassify Paenibacillus larvae subsp. pulvifaciens DSM 3615 (ATCC 49843) as Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae. Results of a comparative biochemical and genetic study

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 31-42

  Kilwinski, Jochen ^a   Peters, Martin ^a   Ashiralieva, Ainura ^b   Genersch, Elke ^b  

^a Staatliches V   (Germany)

^b 16540 Hohen Neuendorf Germany ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequencing; American foulbrood; Biochemical fingerprinting; Paenibacillus larvae larvae; Paenibacillus larvae pulvifaciens

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE; PAENIBACILLUS PULVIFACIENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBSPECIES;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DNA, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

APIS MELLIFERA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE SUBSP. LARVAE; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE SUBSP. PULVIFACIENS;

EID: 7644228127     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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