Postgenomic taxonomy of human ureaplasmas - A case study based on multiple gene sequences

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1815-1821

  Kong, Fanrong ^a   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^a  

^a Western Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S; UREASE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MYCOPLASMATACEAE; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; UREAPLASMA; UREASE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 5444223477     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63073-0     Document Type: Article

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