Identification of Rhodococcus equi using the polymerase chain reaction

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 72-74

  Bell, K S ^a   Philp, J C ^a   Christofi, N ^a   Aw, D W J ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; RNA;

16S RRNA; AS SPECIES; BACTERIAL SPECIES; GENE CODING; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SPECIES-SPECIFIC PRIMERS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; LUNG INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; EQUIDAE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0029833989     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb00033.x     Document Type: Article

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