Genotypic heterogeneity of Flavobacterium group IIb and Flavobacterium breve demonstrated by DNA-DNA hybridization.

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Genotypic heterogeneity of Flavobacterium group IIb and Flavobacterium breve demonstrated by DNA-DNA hybridization.

APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Sept 1991

Ursing J, Bruun B

Abstract excerpt

DNA-DNA hybridization studies on 42 stains presumptively identified as members of Flavobacterium group IIb and Flavobacterium breve indicated pronounced genotypic heterogeneity within these taxa. Three large groups highly related to the type strains of F. gleum, F. indologenes and F. breve respec...

Topics

DNA, Bacterial
Flavobacterium
Genotype
Humans
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Phenotype
Phylogeny
Species Specificity

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