Insertions or deletions (indels) in the rrn 16S-23S rRNA gene internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) compromise the typing and identification of strains within the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii (Acb) complex and closely related members

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Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Maslunka, Christopher ^a   Gifford, Bianca ^a   Tucci, Joseph ^a   Gürtler, Volker ^b   Seviour, Robert J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RNA 23S; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 16S;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACINETOBACTER OLEIVORANS; ACINETOBACTER PITTII; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; INDEL MUTATION; PHYLOGENY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; INDEL MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S;

EID: 84922219873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105390     Document Type: Article

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