Streptobacillus hongkongensis sp. nov., Isolated from patients with quinsy and septic arthritis, And emended descriptions of the genus Streptobacillus and Streptobacillus moniliformis

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 3034-3039

  Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,b   Wu, Alan K L ^c   Tsang, Chi Ching ^a   Leung, Kit Wah ^a   Ngan, Antonio H Y ^a   Curreem, Shirly O T ^a   Lam, Kwok Wai ^a   Chen, Jonathan H K ^a   Chan, Jasper F W ^a,b   Lau, Susanna K P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ELBOW; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GOUT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROEL GENE; GYRB GENE; HONG KONG; LEPTOTRICHIA; LEPTOTRICHIA AMNIONII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONTENT; PUS; RECA GENE; SHEEP; SNEATHIA SANGUINEGENS; STREPTOBACILLUS; STREPTOBACILLUS HONGKONGENSIS; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TYPE STRAIN; ADULT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION;

STREPTOBACILLUS; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOBACILLUS;

EID: 84907046000     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: 14665034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.061242-0     Document Type: Article

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