Molecular characterization of disease-associated streptococci of the mitis group that are optochin susceptible

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4163-4171

  Balsalobre, Luz ^a   Hernández Madrid, Antonia ^a   Llull, Daniel ^b   Martín Galiano, Antonio J ^a,c   García, Ernesto ^b   Fenoll, Asunción ^a   De La Campa, Adela G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; ETHYLHYDROCUPREINE;

ALLELE; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANT GENE; ARTICLE; ATPA GENE; ATPB GENE; ATPC GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HYBRIDIZATION; LYTA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PLY GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PSEUDOPNEUMONIAE;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; QUININE; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PSEUDOPNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33750954199     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01137-06     Document Type: Article

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