Gemella parahaemolysans sp. nov. and Gemella taiwanensis sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue PART 6, 2014, Pages 2060-2065

  Hung, Wei Chun ^a   Chen, Hsiao Jan ^a   Tsai, Jui Chang ^a,b   Tseng, Sung Pin ^c   Lee, Tai Fen ^b   Hsueh, Po Ren ^b   Shieh, Wung Yang ^d   Teng, Lee Jene ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S;

AGAR DILUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEMELLA; GEMELLA HAEMOLYSANS; GEMELLA PARAHAEMOLYSANS; GEMELLA TAIWANENSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GEMELLA; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAIWAN;

EID: 84902668823     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.052795-0     Document Type: Article

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