Application of tRNA Intergenic Spacer PCR for Identification of Enterococcus Species

The life and times of the Enterococcus

1990 • 1,772 citations

Detection of glycopeptide resistance genotypes and identification to the species level of clinically relevant enterococci by PCR

1995 • 1,363 citations

Major trends in the microbial etiology of nosocomial infection

1991 • 1,131 citations

Identification of Enterococcus species isolated from human infections by a conventional test scheme

1989 • 818 citations

Multiple-Drug Resistant Enterococci: The Nature of the Problem and an Agenda for the Future

1998 • 733 citations

Phenotypic identification of the genus Enterococcus and differentiation of phylogenetically distinct enterococcal species and species groups

1993 • 344 citations

Species identities of enterococci isolated from clinical specimens

1990 • 265 citations

Genomic fingerprints produced by PCR with consensus tRNA gene primers

1991 • 218 citations

Multiplex PCR detection of vanA, vanB, vanC-1, and vanC-2/3 genes in enterococci

1997 • 207 citations

Sequencing the Gene Encoding Manganese-Dependent Superoxide Dismutase for Rapid Species Identification of Enterococci

2000 • 172 citations

Determination of 16S rRNA Sequences of Enterococci and Application to Species Identification of Nonmotile Enterococcus gallinarum Isolates

1998 • 133 citations

Acinetobacter species identification by using tRNA spacer fingerprinting

1996 • 117 citations

Clinical and epidemiological significance of enterococci intrinsically resistant to vancomycin (possessing the vanC genotype)

1997 • 109 citations

Comparison of PCR-based DNA fingerprinting techniques for the identification of Listeria species and their use for atypical Listeria isolates

1998 • 103 citations

Species identification of enterococci via intergenic ribosomal PCR

1997 • 98 citations

Evaluation of Arbitrarily Primed PCR Analysis and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis of Large Genomic DNA Fragments for Identification of Enterococci Important in Human Medicine

1997 • 98 citations

Characterization of Acinetobacter type strains and isolates obtained from wastewater treatment plants by PCR fingerprinting

1994 • 93 citations

Intrageneric relationships ofEnterococci as determined by reverse transcriptase sequencing of small-subunit rRNA

1991 • 87 citations

Rapid and accurate identification of Staphylococcus species by tRNA intergenic spacer length polymorphism analysis

1997 • 85 citations

DNA hybridization and contour-clamped homogeneous electric field electrophoresis for identification of enterococci to the species level

1995 • 80 citations

Evolution of structure and substrate specificity ind-alanine:d-Alanine ligases and related enzymes

1996 • 79 citations

Length polymorphisms in tRNA intergenic spacers detected by using the polymerase chain reaction can distinguish streptococcal strains and species

1992 • 78 citations

PCR‐amplified length polymorphisms in tRNA intergenic spacers for categorizing staphylococci

1992 • 67 citations

Acidification of methyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside: a useful test to differentiate Enterococcus casseliflavus and Enterococcus gallinarum from Enterococcus faecium species group and from Enterococcus faecalis

1996 • 65 citations

Division of the genus Enterococcus into species groups using PCR-based molecular typing methods

1998 • 64 citations

Identification of Clinically Important Species of Enterococcus Within 1 Day with Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD)

1998 • 63 citations

Identification of clinically relevant viridans streptococci by analysis of transfer DNA intergenic spacer length polymorphism

1999 • 46 citations

Recent Approaches on the Taxonomy of the Enterococci and Some Related Microorganisms

1997 • 31 citations

Proficiency of Clinical Laboratories in Spain in Detecting Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus spp

1999 • 15 citations