16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer region sequence variation in Streptococcus thermophilus and related dairy streptococci and development of a multiplex ITS-SSCP analysis for their identification

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 807-813

  Mora, Diego ^a   Ricci, Giovanni ^a   Guglielmetti, Simone ^a   Daffonchio, Daniele ^a   Fortina, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE TRANSFER RNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MACEDONICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DAIRYING; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HEAT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MACEDONICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0037351811     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.25925-0     Document Type: Article

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