Ribosomal DNA sequencing: Experiences from use in the Danish National Reference Laboratory for Identification of Bacteria

APMIS

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 621-628

  Christensen, Jens Jørgen ^a   Andresen, Keld ^a   Justesen, Tage ^b   Kemp, Michael ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Identification of bacteria; National reference laboratory; Partial 16s rDNA sequencing; Phenotypic description

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GENUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 27644563931     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2005.apm_224.x     Document Type: Article

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