Delineation of the species Haemophilus influenzae by phenotype, multilocus sequence phylogeny, and detection of marker genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 822-831

  Nørskov Lauritsen, Niels ^a   Overballe, Merete D ^a   Kilian, Mogens ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; FUCULOKINASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PROTEINASE; RECA PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROPORPHYRINOGEN DECARBOXYLASE; IGA SPECIFIC SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASE; IGA-SPECIFIC SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASE; RNA 16S; SERINE PROTEINASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADK GENE; ARTICLE; ATPG GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRDB GENE; FUCK GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS HAEMOLYTICUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INTERMEDIUS; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PGI GENE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS HAEMOLYTICUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; PROKARYOTA;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 63449115611     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00782-08     Document Type: Article

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