New approaches to typing and identification of bacteria using the 16S-23S rDNA spacer region

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-16

  Gürtler, Volker ^a   Stanisich, Vilma A ^b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Identification; rDNA; rrn operon; Spacer region; Typing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SPACER DNA;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE NUMBER; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030054296     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-1-3     Document Type: Review

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