Improved identification of Gordonia, Rhodococcus and Tsukamurella species by 5′-end 16s rRNA gene sequencing

Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-63

  Wang, Tao ^a,c   Kong, Fanrong ^d   Chen, Sharon ^d,e   Xiao, Meng ^b   Sorrell, Tania ^d,e   Wang, Xiaoyan ^c   Wang, Shuo ^a   Sintchenko, Vitali ^d,e  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INNER MONGOLIA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Actinomycetes; Gordonia; Reference sequence; Rhodococcus; Sequence based identification; Sequence polymorphisms; Tsukamurella

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052216531     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAT.0b013e328340e431     Document Type: Article

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