Development of a Diagnostic PCR Assay Targeting the Mn-Dependent Superoxide Dismutase Gene (sodA) for Identification of Streptococcus gallolyticus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1360-1362

  Sasaki, Eiki ^a   Osawa, Ro ^a   Nishitani, Yosuke ^a   Whiley, Robert A ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODA GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GALLOLYTICUS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GALLOLYTICUS;

EID: 1542513772     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1360-1362.2004     Document Type: Article

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