Evaluation of RIDOM, MicroSeq, and GenBank services in the molecular identification of Nocardia species

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 293, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 359-370

  Mellmann, Alexander ^a   Cloud, Joann L ^b   Andrees, Sebastian ^c   Blackwood, Kym ^d   Carroll, Karen C ^b,e   Kabani, Amin ^d   Roth, Andreas ^c   Harmsen, Dag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c Lungenklinik Heckeshorn   (Germany)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Molecular identification; Nocardia; RIDOM

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ERROR; GENBANK; GENETIC DATABASE; LABORATORY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

NOCARDIA;

EID: 0344307625     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4221-00271     Document Type: Article

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