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- Title
Intraspecific 16S rRNA gene diversity among clinical isolates of Neisseria species.
- Authors
Mechergui, Arij; Achour, Wafa; Hassen, Assia Ben
- Abstract
In the present work, nearly the entire 16S rRNA gene sequences of 46 clinical samples of Neisseria spp. were determined, and the aligned sequences were analyzed to investigate the diversity of 16S rRNA genes in each commensal Neisseria species. Two 16S rRNA types were identified in two Neisseria sicca strains, three 16S rRNA types in five Neisseria macacae strains, fourteen 16S rRNA types in twenty Neisseria flavescens isolates, and fourteen 16S rRNA types in nineteen Neisseria mucosa isolates. The number of nucleotides that were different between 16S rRNA sequences within specie ranged from 1 to 15. We found high intraspecific sequence variation in 16S rRNA genes of Neisseria spp. strains.
- Subjects
COMPETITION (Biology); RIBOSOMAL RNA; NEISSERIA sicca; BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC engineering
- Publication
APMIS, 2014, Vol 122, Issue 5, p437
- ISSN
0903-4641
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/apm.12164