Impact of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis for identification of bacteria on clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.

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Published in Clin Microbiol Rev on October 01, 2004

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Jill E Clarridge1

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1: Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. jill.clarridge@med.va.gov.

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