Identification of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron on the Basis of an Unexpected Specific Amplicon of Universal 16S Ribosomal DNA PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1727-1730

  Teng, Lee Jene ^a,b   Hsueh, Po Ren ^a   Huang, Yu Hsuan ^b   Tsai, Jui Chang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 16544362174     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1727-1730.2004     Document Type: Article

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