HSP60 gene sequences as universal targets for microbial species identification: Studies with coagulase-negative staphylococci

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 818-823

  Gob, Swee Han ^a,b   Potter, Sheila ^a   Wood, Julian O ^a   Hemmingsen, Sean M ^c   Reynolds, Robert P ^a   Chow, Anthony W ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIGENIN; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DNA PROBE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 9044222878     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.818-823.1996     Document Type: Article

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