Use of groESL as a target for identification of Abiotrophia, Granulicatella, and Gemella species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3532-3538

  Hung, Wei Chun ^a   Tseng, Sung Pin ^a   Chen, Hsiao Jan ^a   Tsai, Jui Chang ^a,b   Chang, Chih Hsin ^b   Lee, Tai Fen ^b   Hsueh, Po Ren ^b   Teng, Lee Jene ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ABIOTROPHIA DEFECTIVA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GEMELLA; GEMELLA HAEMOLYSANS; GEMELLA MORBILLORUM; GEMELLA SANGUINIS; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRANULICATELLA ADIACENS; GRANULICATELLA ELEGANS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ABIOTROPHIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARNOBACTERIACEAE; CHAPERONINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEMELLA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ABIOTROPHIA; ABIOTROPHIA DEFECTIVA; GEMELLA; GEMELLA HAEMOLYSANS; GEMELLA MORBILLORUM; GEMELLA SANGUINIS; GRANULICATELLA; GRANULICATELLA ADIACENS; GRANULICATELLA ELEGANS;

EID: 77957810997     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00787-10     Document Type: Article

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