Microbiology

Analysis of 16S rDNA Sequences of Clinical Isolates of Bacillus and Streptococcus

MC Dickinson, LM Thompson, EJ Nazarian, and KA Musser. Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA. Poster presented during the 111th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, May 2011. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Citation: "... The genera of Bacillus and Streptococcus are historically difficult to identify to the species level by 16S rDNA sequence analysis. ... a database search utilizing a public repository ... requires expertise for analysis due to the lack of quality control regarding sequence submissions ... we chose to evaluate ...SmartGene..."