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Brevibacterium lutescens sp. nov., from human and environmental samples.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Sept 2003
Wauters Georges, Avesani Véronique, Laffineur Kim, Charlier Jacqueline, Janssens Michèle, Van Bosterhaut Bernard, Delmée Michel
Abstract excerpt
Three strains of coryneform rods isolated from clinical samples and one of environmental origin exhibited phenotypic and chemotaxonomic properties characteristic of the genus Brevibacterium and their 16S rRNA gene sequences were closely related (98.5-99.0 %) to that of Brevibacterium otitidis. However, DNA-DNA hybridization of one strain (CF87(T)) showed only 59.6 % relatedness to the type strain of B. otitidis,...
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