TY - GEN AU - Carrasco, Gema AU - Caballero, Juan de Dios AU - Garrido, Noelia AU - Valdezate, Sylvia AU - Cantón, Rafael AU - Saez-Nieto, Juan Antonio PY - 2016 DO - 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00542 SN - 1664-302X UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/9129 AB - Nocardia species are difficult to identify, a consequence of the ever increasing number of species known and their homogeneous genetic characteristics. 16S rRNA analysis has been the gold standard for identifying these organisms, but proteomic... LA - eng PB - Frontiers Media KW - 16S rRNA identification KW - MALDI-TOF MS KW - MLSA KW - Nocardia spp. KW - Prevalence in Spain TI - Shortcomings of the Commercial MALDI-TOF MS Database and Use of MLSA as an Arbiter in the Identification of Nocardia Species TY - research article ER -