Identification of enterococci at the species level by sequencing of the genes for D-alanine:D-alanine ligases

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 230-237

  Ozawa, Yoshiyuki ^a,b   Courvalin, Patrice ^a   Galimand, Marc ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Identification; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DEXTRO ALANINE DEXTRO ALANINE LIGASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLUMBAE; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CECORUM; ENTEROCOCCUS COLUMBAE; ENTEROCOCCUS DISPAR; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FLAVESCENS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENTEROCOCCUS MALODORATUS; ENTEROCOCCUS MUNDTII; ENTEROCOCCUS PSEUDOAVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS RAFFINOSUS; ENTEROCOCCUS SACCHAROLYTICUS; ENTEROCOCCUS SERIOLICIDA; ENTEROCOCCUS SOLITARIUS; ENTEROCOCCUS SULFUREUS; LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033934785     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(00)80009-0     Document Type: Article

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