Use of the housekeeping genes, gdh (zwf) and gki, in multilocus sequence typing to differentiate Streptococcus pneumoniae from Streptococcus mitis and Streptococcus oralis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-324

  Ip, Margaret ^a   Chi, Fang ^a   Chau, Shirley S L ^a   Hui, Mamie ^a   Tang, Julian ^a   Chan, Paul K S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

gdh; gki; Housekeeping genes; Multilocus sequence typing; Streptococcus pneumoniae; zwf

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GDH GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GKI GENE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GENES, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUGAR ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES;

EID: 33750480220     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.04.013     Document Type: Article

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