Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis, which has long been a standard method in eucaryotic
population genetics (3, 34, 46, 49, 60, 69) and systematics (58), has recently been used in …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death in the
United States. The precise role of bacterial infection in the course and pathogenesis of …

Data from multilocus enzyme electrophoresis of bacterial populations were analyzed using a
statistical test designed to detect associations between genes at different loci. Some species …

The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive update on the current classification and
identification of Haemophilus and Aggregatibacter species with exclusive or predominant …

Crude cell extracts of 26 isolates of Salmonella serotype typhi (S. typhi) and 48 other
Salmonella isolates representing 28 serotypes and seven DNA hybridization subgroups …

This chapter provides a review of current ideas concerning the systematics of the aerobic
endospore‐forming bacteria and shows how an appreciation of their classification and …

ABSTRACT A multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme has been developed for the
unambiguous characterization of encapsulated and noncapsulated Haemophilus influenzae …

Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae is a significant pathogen in children, causing otitis
media, sinusitis, conjunctivitis, pneumonia, and occasionally invasive infections. H …

Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTH i) is a commensal microbe often isolated from
the upper and lower respiratory tract. This bacterial species can cause sinusitis, acute otitis …

In this paper, we describe the ability of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) to
coexist with the human host and the devastating results associated with disruption of the …