Identification of clinical coryneform bacterial isolates: Comparison of biochemical methods and sequence analysis of 16S rRNA and rpoB genes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 921-927

  Adderson, Elisabeth E ^a,b   Boudreaux, Jan W ^a   Cummings, Jessica R ^a   Pounds, Stanley ^a   Wilson, Deborah A ^c   Procop, Gary W ^d   Hayden, Randall T ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; RNA 16S; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNE; CORYNEBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 40749158764     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01849-07     Document Type: Article

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