Article
Taxonomy of anaerobes: present state of the art.
Reviews of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Holdeman L V, Cato E P, Moore W E
Abstract excerpt
Results of nucleic acid studies, which indicate relationships among strains and species more clearly than do usual phenotypic tests, have led to new bacteriologic nomenclature. Some major changes in Bacteroides include the recognition of three species (Bacteroides melaninogenicus, Bacteroides denticola, and Bacteroides loescheii) formerly grouped in B. melaninogenicus subspecies melaninogenicus; two species...
Topics
- Bacteria, Anaerobic
- Bacteroides
- Base Sequence
- Capnocytophaga
- Clostridium
- DNA, Bacterial
- Feces
- Gingiva
- Humans
- Periodontitis
- Phenotype
- Pigmentation
