Routine ribosomal PCR and DNA sequencing for detection and identification of bacteria

Future Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1101-1107

  Kemp, Michael ^a   Jensen, Kristine H ^a   Dargis, Rimtas ^a   Christensen, Jens Jørgen ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

bacteria; DNA sequencing; identification; PCR; rRNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA;

ACTINOBACULUM SCHAALII; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA SEQUENCE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMAN; KINGELLA KINGAE; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954701129     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.10.59     Document Type: Review

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