Rapid species identification of "Streptococcus milleri" strains by line blot hybridization: Identification of a distinct 16S rRNA population closely related to Streptococcus constellatus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1717-1721

  Jacobs, Jan A ^a   Schot, Corrie S ^b   Bunschoten, Annelies E ^b   Schouls, Leo M ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI;

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PROBES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029895983     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.7.1717-1721.1996     Document Type: Article

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