Novel BOX repeat PCR assay for high-resolution typing of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1176-1179

  Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Sluijter, Marcel ^a   De Groot, Ronald ^a   Verbrugh, Henri ^a   Hermans, Peter W M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029865391     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.5.1176-1179.1996     Document Type: Article

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