Defining Reference Sequences for Nocardia Species by Similarity and Clustering Analyses of 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Data

• Manal Helal,

  Affiliations Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney West Area Health Service, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Fanrong Kong,

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney West Area Health Service, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Sharon C. A. Chen,

  Affiliations Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney West Area Health Service, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Michael Bain,

  Affiliation School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Richard Christen,

  Affiliation University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, and CNRS UMR6543, Parc Valrose, Centre de Biochimie, Nice, France

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• Vitali Sintchenko

  * E-mail: vitali.sintchenko@swahs.health.nsw.gov.au

  Affiliations Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney West Area Health Service, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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