Assessment of partial sequencing of the 65-kilodalton heat shock protein gene (hsp65) for routine identification of Mycobacterium species isolated from clinical sources

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3000-3011

  McNabb, Alan ^a   Eisler, Diane ^a   Adie, Kathy ^a   Amos, Marie ^a   Rodrigues, Mabel ^a   Stephens, Gwen ^a,b   Black, William A ^a,b   Isaac Renton, Judith ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 65; RNA 16S;

16S RNA GENE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC DATABASE; HSP65 GENE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTIAL SEQUENCING; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHAPERONINS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 3142774875     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.7.3000-3011.2004     Document Type: Article

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