TY - JOUR AU - Mellmann, Alexander AU - Becker, Karsten AU - von Eiff, Christof AU - Keckevoet, Ursula AU - Schumann, Peter AU - Harmsen, Dag T1 - Sequencing and Staphylococci Identification T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2006 VL - 12 IS - 2 SP - 333 SN - 1080-6059 AB - The emerging clinical importance of staphylococcal infections prompted us to establish a reference database for partial RNA polymerase B (rpoB; nucleotides 1444–1928) gene sequences from type strains of all staphylococcal species and subspecies. This database correctly identified 55 clinical staphylococcal isolates; all were correctly identified at the species level. At the subspecies level, rpoB misidentified only 2 isolates. KW - rpoB gene KW - 16S rDNA KW - Staphylococcus KW - small-colony variants KW - molecular identification KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1202.050962 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/2/05-0962_article ER - End of Reference