Identification of bacteria from clinical samples using Bartonella alpha-Proteobacteria growth medium

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-155

  Cadenas, Maria B ^a   Maggi, Ricardo G ^a   Diniz, Pedro P V P ^a   Breitschwerdt, Kyle T ^a   Sontakke, Sushama ^b   Breithschwerdt, Edward B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Co infection; Fastidious bacteria; Insect growth medium

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; RNA 16S;

ACINETOBACTER; ALKALI BACTERIUM; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMPLICON; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DERMABACTER; ERWINIA; GENBANK; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINEOCOCCUS; METHYLOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ACINETOBACTER; ALKALIBACTERIUM; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALIA; ARTHROBACTER; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; DERMABACTER; ERWINIA; HEXAPODA; KINEOCOCCUS; METHYLOBACTERIUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 35048898745     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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