Article
A numerical taxonomic study of the "Streptococcus milleri" group based upon conventional phenotypic tests and pyrolysis mass spectrometry.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Mar 1992
Winstanley T G, Magee J T, Limb D I, Hindmarch J M, Spencer R C, Whiley R A, Beighton D, Hardie J M
Abstract excerpt
Clinical strains presumptively identified as Streptococcus milleri (60), and blind coded collection strains (21) were characterised in conventional tests and pyrolysis mass spectrometry. Comparison of the clusters found by these two approaches revealed five clearly distinct centres of variation....
Topics
- Cluster Analysis
- Humans
- Mass Spectrometry
- Phenotype
- Prospective Studies
- Respiratory System
- Streptococcal Infections
- Streptococcus
- Urogenital System