The polymerase chain reaction for the identification of different species of Mycobacterium

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-239

  Valente, C ^a   Demas, S ^c   Scarso, S ^c   Cuteri, V ^b   Job, L ^c   Marangon, S ^c   Dalla Valle, L ^c   Cancellotti, F M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Facolta di Medicina Veterinaria   (Italy)

^c Ist Zooprofilattico S ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Identification; Mycobacterium; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE;

EID: 0030765911     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9571(96)00046-X     Document Type: Article

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