Legionella tunisiensis sp. nov. and Legionella massiliensis sp. nov., isolated from environmental water samples

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3003-3006

  Campocasso, Angélique ^a   Boughalmi, Mondher ^a   Fournous, Ghislain ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   La Scola, Bernard ^a  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; LEGIONELLA MASSILIENSIS; LEGIONELLA TUNISIENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; TEMPERATURE; WATER SAMPLING;

AMOEBA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRANCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; LEGIONELLA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUNISIA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AMOEBA (GENUS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA FEELEII; LEGIONELLA NAUTARUM; LEGIONELLACEAE;

EID: 84870858704     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.037853-0     Document Type: Article

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