Variability in 3′ end of 16S rRNA sequence of Mycobacterium ulcerans is related to geographic origin of isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 962-965

  Portaels, F ^a   Fonteyne, P A ^a   De Beenhouwer, H ^a   De Rijk, P ^a   Guedenon A ^b   Hayman, J ^c   Meyers, W M ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Lazaret Akpakpa   (Benin)

^c BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN ULCER;

AFRICA; AMERICAS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; PHENOTYPE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SKIN ULCER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0029879470     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.962-965.1996     Document Type: Article

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