DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.5.3149-3151.2004
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Fingerprint patterns of Nocardia asteroides strains, obtained by REP-PCR with the BOX-A1R primer. Lanes: 1, 100-bp DNA ladder; 2, LS 001-3; 3, LS 001-4; 4, LS 002-1; 5, LS 002-2; 6, LS 002-5; 7, MS 002-1; 8, AS 004-5; 9, SO 031-3; 10, SO 008-1; 11, SO 008-2; 12, SO 020-4; 13, SO 026-3; 14, SO 027-1; 15, N. asteroides IFO 3384; 16, N. asteroides IFO 3424; 17, N. asteroides JCM 3384T; 18, 100-bp DNA ladder.
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Dendrogram of REP-PCR genomic fingerprints of N. asteroides strains. Percent similarity between patterns was calculated using Pearson coefficients. The clustering pattern was generated using the UPGMA method.
Tables
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N. asteroides strains used in this study
N. asteroides strain Source of isolate or strain descriptiona Environmental isolates SO 008-1, SO 008-2 Vegetable field soil SO 020-4 Paddy field soil SO 026-1 Vegetable field soil SO 027-1 Cornfield soil SO 031-3 Flatland forest soil LS 001-3, LS 001-4 Lake Suwa surface sediment (center area, 5 m depth) LS 002-1, LS 002-2, LS 002-5 Lake Suwa surface sediment (near the east shore, 1 m depth) MS 002-1 Takeda Shrine moat surface sediment (0.5 m depth) AS 004-5 Scum of activated sludge N. asteroides JCM 3384T ATCC 19247T; proposed working typeb N. asteroides IFO 3423 FMJ 101; clinical isolate N. asteroides IFO 3424 FMJ 102; clinical isolate
