Exploring internal features of 16S rRNA gene for identification of clinically relevant species of the genus Streptococcus

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lal, Devi ^a   Verma, Mansi ^a   Lal, Rup ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Genetic heterogeneity; Phylogenetic framework; Signature sequences

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 79959419852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-10-28     Document Type: Article

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