Genetic diversity among mycobacterium avium complex AccuProbe-positive isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-57

  Soini, Hanna ^a   Eerola, Erkki ^b   Viljanen, Matti K ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC); MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0029655867     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.1.55-57.1996     Document Type: Article

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