Accuracy of using the lytA gene to distinguish Streptococcus pneumoniae from related species

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 478-482

  Greve, Thomas ^a   Møller, Jens Kjølseth ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GENE SEQUENCE; LYTA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PSEUDOPNEUMONIAE;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84858122921     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.036574-0     Document Type: Article

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