Identification of species of Abiotrophia, Enterococcus, Granulicatella and Streptococcus by sequence analysis of the ribosomal 16S-23S intergenic spacer region

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 504-513

  Sheng, Kai Tung ^a   Lee, Jene Teng ^b   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^c   Hung, Mo Chen ^d   Tsung, Chain Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; DNA 23S; RNA 16S; SPACER DNA;

ABIOTROPHIA; ABIOTROPHIA DEFECTIVA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CECORUM; ENTEROCOCCUS COLUMBAE; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FLAVESCENS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GILVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENTEROCOCCUS MUNDTII; ENTEROCOCCUS PSEUDOAVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS RAFFINOSUS; ENTEROCOCCUS SACCHAROLYTICUS; ENTEROCOCCUS VILLORUM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENBANK; GRANULICATELLA; GRANULICATELLA ADIACENS; GRANULICATELLA ELEGANS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS ALACTOLYTICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AUSTRALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS CANIS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOPIDEMICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUINUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GALLOLYLITUCS GALLOLYTICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GALLOLYTICUS MACEDONICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GALLOLYTICUS PASTEURIANUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFANTARIUS INFANTARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFANTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS LUTETIENSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PORCINUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS RATTI; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS; STREPTOCOCCUS URINALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS VESTIBULARIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SELF-SUSTAINED SEQUENCE REPLICATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCACEAE;

EID: 34247282768     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47027-0     Document Type: Article

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