Accurate identification of fastidious Gram-negative rods: Integration of both conventional phenotypic methods and 16S rRNA gene analysis

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  De Melo Oliveira, Maria G ^a,b   Abels, Susanne ^a,c   Zbinden, Reinhard ^a   Bloemberg, Guido V ^a   Zbinden, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Prefeitura Municipal de Fortaleza ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Conventional phenotypic methods; Fastidious Gram negative rods

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACILLUS; AGGREGATIBACTER; AGGREGATIBACTER APHROPHILUS; ARTICLE; BREVUNDIMONAS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA GINGIVALIS; CARDIOBACTERIUM HOMINIS; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; KINGELLA; LEPTOTRICHIA BUCCALIS; MORAXELLA; NEISSERIA CINEREA; NEISSERIA ELONGATA; NEISSERIA MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLA; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PASTEURELLA PNEUMOTROPICA; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

APHROPHILUS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA SP.; CARDIOBACTERIUM HOMINIS; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; NEGIBACTERIA; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA;

EID: 84880093356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-162     Document Type: Article

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