Development of real-time PCR assays for detection of the Streptococcus milleri group from cystic fibrosis clinical specimens by targeting the cpn60 and 16S rRNA genes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1150-1160

  Olson, A B ^a   Sibley, C D ^c   Schmidt, L ^a   Wilcox, M A ^a   Surette, M G ^c,d   Corbett, C R ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CPN 60 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI;

STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI;

EID: 77950477815     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02082-09     Document Type: Article

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