PCR-based detection of mycoplasma species

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-49

  Sung, Hyeran ^a   Kang, Seung Hye ^a   Bae, Yoon Jin ^a   Hong, Jin Tae ^a   Chung, Youn Bok ^a   Lee, Chong Kil ^a   Song, Sukgil ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Molecular diagnosis; Mycoplasma; Nested PCR; rDNA

Indexed keywords

MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA ARTHRITIDIS; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA HYORHINIS; MYCOPLASMA NEUROLYTICUM; MYCOPLASMA ORALE; MYCOPLASMA PIRUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; MYCOPLASMA SALIVARIUM;

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOPLASMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646827366     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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