Cautionary tale of using 16s rRNA gene sequence similarity values in identification of human-associated bacterial species

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1929-1934

  Rossi Tamisier, Morgane ^a   Benamar, Samia ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA;

ACTINOMYCES; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRUCELLA; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENTEROBACTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TAXONOMY; TREPONEMA; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84938068146     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: 14665034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.000161     Document Type: Article

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