Inter- and intraspecies variations of the 16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer region of various streptococcal species

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-103

  Hassan, A A ^a   Khan, I U ^b   Abdulmawjood, A ^a   Lammler C ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

16S 23S rDNA intergenic spacer region; Streptococcus spp

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COLONY FORMATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE TARGETING; HEMOLYSIS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS CANIS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE SUBSP. DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE SUBSP. EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PARAUBERIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PHOCAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PORCINUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

EID: 0242669190     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/072320203322337371     Document Type: Article

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