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SUBMITTER: Codony F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2789520 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Codony Francesc F Adrados Bárbara B Pérez Leonardo Martín LM Fittipaldi Mariana M Morató Jordi J
Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B 20091201 12
The Catabacteriaceae is a new bacterial family with a unique member: Catabacter hongkongensis is a strictly anaerobic, non-sporulating, Gram-positive coccobacillus that is phylogenetically related to some clostridial clusters. Little is known of its epidemiology and environmental distribution, but the inclusion of its 16S rRNA gene sequence in GenBank has allowed it to be detected qualitatively. As a first approach for prospective surveys, a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedure to ...[more]