Organization of ribosomal RNA genes from the footrot pathogen Dichelobacter nodosus

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 889-899

  La Fontaine, Sharon ^a,b   Rood, Julian I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dichelobacter nodosus; Footrot; Phylogeny; rrn operon; rRNA genes

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; FOOT ROT; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; ESCHERICHIA; NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0029876169     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-4-889     Document Type: Article

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