Guidelines for interpretation of 16S rRNA gene sequence-based results for identification of medically important aerobic Gram-positive bacteria

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1030-1036

  Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,b   Teng, Jade L L ^b   Wu, Jeff K L ^b   Leung, Fion P S ^b   Tse, Herman ^a,b   Fung, Ami M Y ^b   Lau, Susanna K P ^a,b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BREVIBACILLUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DATA BASE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOBACILLUS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS; PHENOTYPE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BASE SEQUENCE; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650744613     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.008615-0     Document Type: Article

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