Evaluation of 16S rRNA gene restriction analysis for the identification of cultured organisms of clinically important Clostridium species

Anaerobe

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 249-256

  Vaneechoutte, Mario ^a   Cartwright, Charles P ^b   Williams, Esther C ^b   Jäger, Birgit ^c   Tichy, Hans Volker ^c   De Baere, Thierry ^a   De Rouck, Ann ^a   Verschraegen, Gerda ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c TÜV Südwest DLG   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Clostridium; Diagnostics; Identification; Restriction analysis

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM HISTOLYTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BIFERMENTANS; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CADAVERIS; CLOSTRIDIUM CLOSTRIDIOFORME; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM GHONII; CLOSTRIDIUM GLYCOLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM HISTOLYTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INNOCUUM; CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI; CLOSTRIDIUM PARAPUTRIFICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM RAMOSUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLI; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; CLOSTRIDIUM SUBTERMINALE; CLOSTRIDIUM TERTIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI;

EID: 0030220626     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.1996.0034     Document Type: Article

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