Identification of atypical strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis by use of molecular tools.

doi:10.1016/S0923-2508(99)80070-9

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Identification of atypical strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis by use of molecular tools.

Research in microbiology - 1 Nov 1997

Riou C, Meugnier H, Bes M, Brun Y, Fiedler F, Lasne Y, Etienne J, Freney J

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Four atypical coagulase-negative staphylococcal (CNS) isolates from clinical sources were compared with Staphylococcus epidermidis strains by ribotyping. The ribotypes of the four strains shared close rDNA restriction profiles with those of the S. epidermidis strains used. The DNA sequence encodi...

Topics

Amino Acids
Atypical Bacterial Forms
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Cell Wall
DNA, Ribosomal
Genotype
Humans
Molecular Probe Techniques
Peptidoglycan
Phenotype
Phosphorus
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Staphylococcus epidermidis

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