Suitability of partial 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequence analysis for the identification of dangerous bacterial pathogens

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 852-859

  Ruppitsch, Werner ^a,d   Stoger A ^a   Indra, A ^a   Grif, K ^b   Schabereiter Gurtner, C ^c   Hirschl, A ^c   Allerberger, F ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Bioterrorism; Identification; Sequence databases

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GENES; RNA;

16S RDNA; 16S RIBOSOMAL RNA; 16S RRNA GENE; 16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; GENE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION; RAPID IDENTIFICATION; RNA GENE SEQUENCES; SEQUENCE DATABASE;

BIOTERRORISM;

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM; DATABASE; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PATHOGEN; RNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 33847042717     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.03107.x     Document Type: Article

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