Acinetobacter species identification by using tRNA spacer fingerprinting

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2414-2420

  Ehrenstein, Boris ^a   Bernards, Alexandra T ^b   Dijkshoorn, Lenie ^b   Gerner Smidt, Peter ^c   Towner, Kevin J ^d   Bouvet, Philippe J M ^e   Daschner, Franz D ^a   Grundmann, Hajo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECIES;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029835362     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.10.2414-2420.1996     Document Type: Article

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