Article
Genetic diversity of Leptotrichia and description of Leptotrichia goodfellowii sp. nov., Leptotrichia hofstadii sp. nov., Leptotrichia shahii sp. nov. and Leptotrichia wadei sp. nov.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Mar 2004
Eribe Emenike R K, Paster Bruce J, Caugant Dominique A, Dewhirst Floyd E, Stromberg Verlyn K, Lacy George H, Olsen Ingar
Abstract excerpt
Sixty strains of Gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria from human sources initially assigned to Leptotrichia buccalis (n=58) and 'Leptotrichia pseudobuccalis' (n=2) have been subjected to polyphasic taxonomy. Full-length 16S rDNA sequencing, DNA-DNA hybridization, RAPD, SDS-PAGE of whole-...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.