Differentiation of Phylogenetically Related Slowly Growing Mycobacteria Based on 16S-23S rRNA Gene Internal Transcribed Spacer Sequences

Röth, Andreas; Fischer, Marga; E. Hamid, Mohamed; Michalke, Sabine; Ludwig, Wolfgang; Mauch, Harald

doi:10.1128/jcm.36.1.139-147.1998

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Differentiation of Phylogenetically Related Slowly Growing Mycobacteria Based on 16S-23S rRNA Gene Internal Transcribed Spacer Sequences

Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology • Jan 1, 1998

Authors:

Andreas Röth

Marga Fischer

Mohamed E. Hamid

Abstract

Interspecific polymorphisms of the 16S rRNA gene (rDNA) are widely used for species identification of mycobacteria. 16S rDNA sequences, however, do not vary greatly within a species, and they are either indistinguishable in some species, for example, in Mycobacterium kansasii and M. gastri, or highl...

Subject

Biology

Internal transcribed spacer

16S ribosomal RNA

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