RAPD analysis of environmental, food and clinical isolates of Campylobacter spp.

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-124

  Hilton, Anthony C ^a   Mortiboy, Debbie ^b   Banks, Jeff G ^c   Penn, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CAMPDEN BRI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Computer aided epidemiological analysis; Molecular typing; Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; POULTRY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030802521     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(97)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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