Inter- and intraspecies comparison of the 16S-23S rRNA operon intergenic spacer regions of six Listeria spp.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 863-869

  Graham, Thomas A ^a   Golsteyn Thomas, Elizabeth J ^a   Thomas, James E ^b   Gannon, Victor P J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA GRAYI; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA SEELIGERI; LISTERIA WELSHIMERI;

EID: 0030743072     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-3-863     Document Type: Article

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