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Arcanobacterium hippocoleae sp. nov., from the vagina of a horse.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Mar 2002
Hoyles Lesley, Falsen Enevold, Foster Geoffrey, Rogerson Forbes, Collins Matthew D
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A polyphasic taxonomic study was performed on a previously unidentified gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, diphtheroid-shaped organism isolated from a vaginal discharge of a horse. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing demonstrated that the strain was a member of the genus Arcanobacterium, but sequence divergence values of >4% with described species of this genus (viz: Arcanobacterium haemolyticum,...
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