Assessment of genetic markers for species differentiation within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 933-938

  Liébana, Ernesto ^a   Aranaz, Alicia ^a   Francis, Barry ^b   Cousins, Debby ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Department of Agriculture   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE DISEASE; MARKER GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0029876578     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.933-938.1996     Document Type: Article

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