Use of partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing for identification of Legionella pneumophila and non-pneumophila Legionella spp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 257-258

  Wilson, D A ^a   Reischl, U ^b   Hall, G S ^a   Procop, G W ^c,d  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 33846194565     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01552-06     Document Type: Article

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