Development of 16S rRNA-based probes for the identification of Gram-positive anaerobic cocci isolated from human clinical specimens

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 985-992

  Wildeboer Veloo, A C M ^a   Harmsen, H J M ^a   Welling, G W ^a   Degener, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

16SrRNA; Anaerobes; Fluorescent probes; Gram positive anaerobic cocci; Hybridisation; Identification

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROCOCCUS VAGINALIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINEGOLDIA MAGNA; FLUORESCENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARVIMONAS MICRA; PEPTONIPHILUS ASACCHAROLYTICUS; PEPTONIPHILUS HAREI; PEPTONIPHILUS IVORII; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS ANAEROBIUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS STOMATIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RNA PROBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANAEROCOCCUS LACTOLYTICUS; ANAEROCOCCUS VAGINALIS; FINEGOLDIA MAGNA; PEPTONIPHILUS ASACCHAROLYTICUS; PEPTONIPHILUS HAREI; PEPTONIPHILUS IVORII; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS ANAEROBIUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34548524902     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01803.x     Document Type: Article

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