Molecular identification of clinical Rothia isolates from human patients: Proposal of a novel Rothia species, Rothia arfidiae sp. nov

Journal of Bacteriology and Virology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-164

  Ko, Kwan Soo ^a,b   Lee, Mi Young ^b   Park, Young Kyoung ^a   Peck, Kyong Ran ^b   Song, Jae Hoon ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; New species; Rothia

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; ROTHIA; ROTHIA ARFIDIAE; ROTHIA MUCILAGINOSA; ROTHIA NASIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNE; POSIBACTERIA; ROTHIA; ROTHIA AERIA; ROTHIA DENTOCARIOSA; ROTHIA MUCILAGINOSA; ROTHIA NASIMURIUM;

EID: 77953523646     PISSN: 15982467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4167/jbv.2009.39.3.159     Document Type: Article

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