Study of the intergenic exeF-exeG region and its application as a simple preliminary test for Aeromonas spp.

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-44

  Karlyshev, Andrey V ^a   MacIntyre, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeromonas identification; Ex genes; Extracellular protein secretion; Intergenic region; Polymerase chain reaction test

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029920779     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00021-3     Document Type: Article

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