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Whole-Genome Sequencing of Aggregatibacter Species Isolated from Human Clinical Specimens and Description of Aggregatibacter kilianii sp. nov.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2018
Murra May, Lützen Lisbeth, Barut Aynur, Zbinden Reinhard, Lund Marianne, Villesen Palle, Nørskov-Lauritsen Niels
Abstract excerpt
Aggregatibacter species are commensal bacteria of human mucosal surfaces that are sometimes involved in serious invasive infections. During the investigation of strains cultured from various clinical specimens, we encountered a coherent group of 10 isolates that could not be allocated to any validly named species by phenotype, mass spectrometry, or partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Whole-genome sequencing...
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