Rapid distinction between Leptonema and Leptospira by PCR amplification of 16S-23S ribosomal DNA spacer

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-90

  Woo, Tony H S ^a   Smythe, Lee D ^b   Symonds, Meegan L ^b   Norris, Michelle A ^b   Dohnt, Michael F ^b   Patel, B K C ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH ON INFLUENZA   (Australia)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; 23S rRNA gene; Intergenic spacer region; Leptonema; Leptospira; Spirochete

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; LEPTOTENE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; LEPTOSPIRA; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIROCHETE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTONEMA ILLINI; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0030586727     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00247-9     Document Type: Article

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