recA-based PCR assay for accurate differentiation of Streptococcus pneumoniae from other viridans streptococci

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 523-527

  Zbinden, A ^a   Kohler N ^a   Bloemberg, G V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PSEUDOPNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REC A RECOMBINASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PSEUDOPNEUMONIAE;

EID: 79951495604     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01450-10     Document Type: Article

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