Characterization of cryptococcus neoformans by random DNA amplification

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 312-316

  Ruma, P ^a   Chen, S C A ^a   Sorrell, T C ^a   Brownlee, A G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA AMPLIFICATION; DNA PROFILES; NEOFORMANS; POLYMORPHIC DNA; PRIMER COMBINATIONS; SEROTYPES;

VALUE ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. NEOFORMANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 0029851832     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb00197.x     Document Type: Article

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