Clinical use of 16S rRNA gene sequencing to identify Mycoplasma felis and M. gateae associated with feline ulcerative keratitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3431-3434

  Gray, Larry D ^a,d   Ketring, Kerry L ^b   Tang, Yi Wei ^c  

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

^b All Animal Eye Clinic   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TriHealth   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; KERATITIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA FELIS; MYCOPLASMA GATEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FELIDAE; MYCOPLASMA FELIS; MYCOPLASMA GATEAE;

EID: 22144495416     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.7.3431-3434.2005     Document Type: Article

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