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Streptobacillus hongkongensis

Streptobacillus hongkongensis

Catalogue No.

NCTC 13659

Current Name

Streptobacillus hongkongensis

Type Strain

Type Strain

Original Strain Reference

HKU33

Biological and Genomic Info

Gram Stain Result

Negative

Additional Info

Accession Date

18/02/2014

Depositor

Prof. PCY Woo, Dep of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong.

Isolated From

38yr old patient with quinsy, pus aspirated from the right peritonsillar abscess (20/05/2011).

History

Accessioned into NCTC < Isolated by Prof. Patrick C. Y. Woo

Applications

Bibliography

Woo et al 2014. Streptobacillus hongkongensis sp. nov., isolated from patients with quinsy and septic arthritis, and emended descriptions of the genus Streptobacillus and Streptobacillus moniliformis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3034-3039 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24912824

Extended Bibliography

(3034), WOO, P. C. Y., WU, A. K. L., TSANG, C.-C., LEUNG, K.-W., NGAN, A. H. Y., CURREEM, S. O. T., LAM, K.-W., CHEN, J. H. K., CHAN, J. F. W. and LAU, S. K. P. 2014. Streptobacillus hongkongensis sp. nov., isolated from patients with quinsy and septic arthritis, and emended descriptions of the genus Streptobacillus and Streptobacillus moniliformis., Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.061242-0

Available Formats

  • Ampoule (Bacteria)

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