Discrimination of acinetobacter genomic species by AFLP fingerprinting

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1179-1187

  Janssen, Paul ^a   Maquelin, Kees ^b   Coopman, Renata ^a   Tjernberg, Ingela ^c   Bouvet, Philippe ^d   Kersters, Karel ^a   Dijkshoorn, Lenie ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOME; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030760652     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-4-1179     Document Type: Article

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