Determination of 23S rRNA sequences from members of the genus Streptococcus and characterization of genetically distinct organisms previously identified as members of the Streptococcus anginosus group

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 223-230

  Sultana, Ferdousi ^a   Kawamura, Yoshiaki ^a   Hou, Xiao Gang ^a   Shu, Shin Ei ^a   Ezaki, Takayuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; 23S rRNA; Oligonucleotide probe; Streptococcus anginosus; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLASSIFICATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS;

POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS;

EID: 0032518703     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00526-0     Document Type: Article

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