Diversity of Staphylococcus species strains based on partial kat (catalase) gene sequences and design of a PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism assay for identification and differentiation of coagulase-positive species (S. aureus, S. delphini, S. hyicus, S. intermedius, S. pseudintermedius, and S. schleiferi subsp. coagulans)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 192-201

  Blaiotta, Giuseppe ^a   Fusco, Vincenzina ^b   Ercolini, Danilo ^a   Pepe, Olimpia ^a   Coppola, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CATALASE KATA; CATALASE KATB; COAGULASE; DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GAP BACTERIAL GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SODA BACTERIAL GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS DELPHINI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCHLEIFERI; TUF BACTERIAL GENE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATALASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COAGULASE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS DELPHINI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EQUORUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCHLEIFERI SUBSP. COAGULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 73949153237     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00542-09     Document Type: Article

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