Serotype 14 Variants of the France 9V-3 Clone from Baltimore, Maryland, Can Be Differentiated by the cpsB Gene

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 250-256

  McEllistrem, M Catherine ^a   Noller, Anna C ^a,c   Visweswaran, Shyam ^b   Adams, Jennifer M ^a   Harrison, Lee H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CPSB GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PBP1A GENE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0347093263     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.1.250-256.2004     Document Type: Article

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