Identification of clinically relevant viridans group Streptococci to the species level by PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2337-2341

  Garnier, Fabien ^a   Gerbaud, Guy ^a   Courvalin, Patrice ^a   Galimand, Marc ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DEXTRO ALANINE DEXTRO ALANINE LIGASE;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS;

EID: 0030833814     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.9.2337-2341.1997     Document Type: Article

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