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Nocardia crassostreae sp. nov., the causal agent of nocardiosis in Pacific oysters.
International journal of systematic bacteriology - 1 Jan 1998
Friedman C S, Beaman B L, Chun J, Goodfellow M, Gee A, Hedrick R P
Abstract excerpt
Seven strains of bacteria were isolated from Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas, with a focal or systemic disease. The strains were aerobic, Gram-positive, acid-fast, produced a mycelium which fragmented into irregular rod-like elements, had a peptidoglycan containing meso-diaminopimelic acid, arabinose and galactose as major sugars, mycolic acids with 46-58 carbon atoms and G + C-rich DNA. All of these...
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