Development of a real-time PCR assay for the specific detection and identification of Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae using the recA gene

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1089-1096

  Sistek, V ^a,b   Boissinot, M ^a,b   Boudreau, D K ^a   Huletsky, A ^a,b   Picard, F J ^a   Bergeron, M G ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA sequencing; Genomic identification; Real time PCR; recA gene; Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae

Indexed keywords

LOCKED NUCLEIC ACID; RNA 16S;

16S RRNA BACTERIAL GENE; ARTICLE; ATPD BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECA GENE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PSEUDOPNEUMONIAE; TUF BACTERIAL GENE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PSEUDOPNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84858588723     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03684.x     Document Type: Article

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