Identification of Bilophila wadsworthia by specific PCR which targets the taurine:pyruvate aminotransferase gene

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-79

  Laue, Heike ^a,e   Smits, Theo H M ^a   Schumacher, Ulrike K ^b   Claros, Marina C ^c,f   Hartemink, Ralf ^d   Cook, Alasdair M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Arpida Ltd   (Switzerland)

^f Institut Dr Viollier   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bilophila wadsworthia isolation; Taurine dissimilation; Taurine:pyruvate aminotransferase

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMINOTRANSFERASE; PRIMER DNA; PYRUVIC ACID; TAURINE; TAURINE:PYRUVATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BILOPHILA WADSWORTHIA; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; FECES MICROFLORA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAURINE PYRUVATE AMINOTRANSFERASE GENE;

ANIMALS; BILOPHILA; DNA PRIMERS; FECES; FELIDAE; GENES, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATES; SHEEP; TRANSAMINASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BILOPHILA WADSWORTHIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 33745726449     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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