Identification of enterococci by ribotyping with horseradish-peroxidase-labelled 16S rDNA probes

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 147-155

  Pryce, Todd M ^a   Wilson, Roger D ^a   Kulski, Jerzy K ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal RNA; DNA probes; Enterococci; Identification

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE ECORI; DNA PROBES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENES, RRNA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 0032924382     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(99)00026-3     Document Type: Article

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