Delineation of Streptococcus dysgalactiae, its subspecies, and its clinical and phylogenetic relationship to Streptococcus pyogenes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-126

  Jensen, Anders ^a   Kilian, Mogens ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; RNA 16S;

ALLELE; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENUS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS CANIS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CANIS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP G';

EID: 84555189796     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05900-11     Document Type: Article

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