A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay specific for Streptococcus suis based on the gene encoding the glutamate dehydrogenase

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-84

  Okwumabua, Ogi ^a   O'Connor, Michael ^a   Shull, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsular biosynthesis; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Polymerase chain reaction; Streptococcus suis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 0037458192     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01127-8     Document Type: Article

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