Identification of haemolytic Haemophilus species isolated from human clinical specimens and description of Haemophilus sputorum sp. nov

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 302, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 78-83

  Nørskov Lauritsen, Niels ^a   Bruun, Brita ^b   Andersen, Camilla ^a   Kilian, Mogens ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Haemophilus; IgA1 protease; MALDI TOF; MLSA

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; RNA 16S; TRYPTOPHANASE; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; HAEMOPHILUS SPUTORUM; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SEQUENCE;

HAEMOPHILUS; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84858795500     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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