Identification of a novel 16S rRNA gene variant of actinomyces funkei from six patients with purulent infections

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Hinic V ^a   Straub, C ^a   Schultheiss, E ^a   Kaempfer, P ^b   Frei, R ^a   Goldenberger, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Actinomyces funkei; Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight; Polymicrobial infection; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES FUNKEI; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOMYCES FUNKEI;

EID: 84878934841     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12201     Document Type: Article

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