New phenotypic typing scheme for group B streptococci.

doi:10.1136/jcp.46.2.145

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New phenotypic typing scheme for group B streptococci.

Journal of clinical pathology - 1 Feb 1993

Heard S R, Mawn J A

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AIMS: To develop a new typing system for group B streptococci based on 35S-methionine-labelled protein profiles of bacterial proteins. METHODS: 377 clinical isolates of group B streptococci were examined by incorporation of 35S-methionine into bacterial proteins under strict anaerobic conditions....

Topics

Autoradiography
Bacterial Proteins
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Methionine
Molecular Weight
Phenotype
Streptococcus agalactiae

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