Typing of Staphylococcus aureus by amplification of the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer sequences

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 1994, Pages 167-173

  Dolzani, Lucilla ^a   Tonin, Enrico ^b   Lagatolla, Cristina ^a   Monti Bragadin, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Molecular typing; rRNA intergenic spacer sequence amplification; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028357969     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1994.tb06884.x     Document Type: Article

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