Genetic relationships of clostridium bifermentans and clostridium sordellii analyzed by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis and DNA-DNA hybridization

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 381-386

  Pons, J L ^c   Ageron, E ^a   Mangeney, N ^b   Tessedre, A C ^b   Niel, P ^b   Leluan, G ^b   Grimont, P A D ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Clostridium bifermentans; Clostridium sordellii; DNA DNA hybidization; Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; TRITIUM; UREASE;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FERMENTATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM BIFERMENTANS; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; TRITIUM;

EID: 0030766191     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(97)80006-9     Document Type: Article

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