Identification of clinically relevant Nonhemolytic streptococci on the basis of sequence analysis of 16S-23S intergenic spacer region and partial gdh Gene

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 932-939

  Nielsen, Xiaohui Chen ^a,b   Justesen, Ulrik Stenz ^a,c   Dargis, Rimtas ^a   Kemp, Michael ^a   Christensen, Jens Jørgen ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA; ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GDH GENE; GENE CLUSTER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS VESTIBULARIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS VESTIBULARIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUGAR ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES;

EID: 65249108109     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01449-08     Document Type: Article

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