Comparison of phenotypic and genotypic techniques for identification of unusual aerobic pathogenic gram-negative bacilli

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3674-3679

  Tang, Yi Wei ^a,c   Ellis, Nicole M ^b   Hopkins, Marlene K ^a   Smith, Douglas H ^b   Dodge, Deborah E ^b   Persing, David H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACINETOBACTER; BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIKINIA LE-TESTUI; BORDETELLA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031784307     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.12.3674-3679.1998     Document Type: Article

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