Phylogenetic analysis of the genera Proteus, Morganella and Providencia by comparison of rpoB gene sequences of type and clinical strains suggests the reclassification of proteus myxofaciens in a new genus, Cosenzaea gen. nov., as Cosenzaea myxofaciens comb. nov

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1638-1644

  Giammanco, Giovanni M ^a   Grimont, Patrick A D ^b   Grimont, Francine ^b   Lefevre, Martine ^b   Giammanco, Giuseppe ^c   Pignato, Sarina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; RNA 16S; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BOOTSTRAPPING; COSENZAEA; COSENZAEA MYXOFACIENS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENOTYPE; MORGANELLA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PROTEUS MYXOFACIENS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PROVIDENCIA; PROVIDENCIA ALCALIFACIENS; PROVIDENCIA RETTGERI; RNA FINGERPRINTING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MORGANELLA (PROTEOBACTERIUM); PROTEUS (ENTEROBACTERIA); PROTEUS VULGARIS; PROVIDENCIA; PROVIDENCIA ALCALIFACIENS; PROVIDENCIA RETTGERI;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORGANELLA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEUS; PROVIDENCIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79960186244     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.021964-0     Document Type: Article

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