Identification of mycobacterial species by comparative sequence analysis of the RNA polymerase gene (rpoB)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1714-1720

  Kim, Bum Joon ^a   Lee, Seung Hyun ^a   Lyu, Mi Ae ^a   Kim, Seo Jeong ^b   Bai, Gill Han ^c   Kim, Sang Jae ^c   Chae, Gue Tae ^d   Kim, Eui Chong ^a   Cha, Chang Yong ^a   Kook, Yoon Hoh ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

^c Korean Institute of Tuberculosis   (South Korea)

^d The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM GASTRI; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032904917     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.1714-1720.1999     Document Type: Article

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