Species-specific sequences at the omp2 locus of Brucella type strains

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 329-331

  Ficht, T A ^a   Husseinen, H S ^b,c   Derr, J ^a   Bearden, S W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA;

EID: 0030034899     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-1-329     Document Type: Article

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