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. 2010 Aug;48(8):2995-8.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00681-10. Epub 2010 Jun 23.

Evaluation of the integrated database network system (IDNS) SmartGene software for analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences for identification of Nocardia species

Patricia S Conville  1 , Patrick R Murray, Adrian M Zelazny
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Evaluation of the integrated database network system (IDNS) SmartGene software for analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences for identification of Nocardia species

Patricia S Conville et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Aug.

Abstract

16S rRNA gene sequences of 102 Nocardia isolates were analyzed using the Integrated Database Network System (IDNS) SmartGene centroid database. A total of 76% of the isolates were correctly identified. Discordant identifications were due to inadequate centroid length (3 species), inaccurate or insufficient entries in the public databases (5 species), and heterogeneous sequences among members of a species (1 species).

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