Genetic identification of members of the genus Corynebacterium at genus and species levels with 16s rDNA-targeted probes

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 453-460

  Hou, Xiao Gang ^a   Kawamura, Yoshiaki ^a   Sultana, Ferdousi ^a   Hirose, Kenji ^a   Miyake, Masaki ^a   Otsuka, Yoshihito ^b   Misawa, Shigeki ^c   Oguri, Toyok ^c   Yamamoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Ezaki, Takayuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Social Health Insurance Medical Center   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Corynebacterium; Identification; Oligonucleotide probe; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACTINOMYCES; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREVIBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DNA PROBE; GENE TARGETING; MYCOBACTERIUM; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOMYCES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMYCES; ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIA; CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM JEIKEIUM; GORDONIA (ACTINOMYCETE); MYCOBACTERIUM; NOCARDIA; POSIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0030744125     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01878.x     Document Type: Article

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