In silico analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequencing based methods for identification of medically important aerobic Gram-negative bacteria

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1281-1286

  Teng, Jade L L ^a   Yeung, Ming Yiu ^a   Yue, Geoffrey ^a   Au Yeung, Rex K H ^a   Yeung, Eugene Y H ^a   Fung, Ami M Y ^a   Tse, Herman ^a,b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b   Lau, Susanna K P ^a,b   Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

AEROMONADACEAE; AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BORDETELLA; BURKHOLDERIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; COMPUTER MODEL; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFOVIBRIO; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HELICOBACTER; LEGIONELLACEAE; MORAXELLACEAE; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLACEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; VIBRIONACEAE;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 80051768006     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.027805-0     Document Type: Article

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