Variation within Mycobacterium scrofulaceum

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 596-602

  Khosravi, A D ^a   Stanford, J L ^a   Donoghue, H D ^a,b   Rook, G A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANALYSIS OF THE PRODUCT; BIOCHEMICAL TESTS; DOUBLE DIFFUSION; HEAT STRESS; PROTEIN GENES; RAPID METHOD; RELIABLE METHODS; RESTRICTION ENZYMES; STRESS PROTEIN; THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM;

EID: 0030698088     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1997.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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