Genetic and phenotypic analysis of Borrelia valaisiana sp. nov. (Borrelia, genomic groups VS116 and M19)

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 926-932

  Wang, Guiqing ^a   Van Dam, Alje P ^a,d   Le Fleche, Anne ^b   Postic, Daniele ^b   Peter, Olivier ^c   Baranton, Guy ^b   De Boer, Rob ^a   Spanjaard, Lodewijk ^a   Dankert, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Institut Central des Hopitaux Valaisans   (Switzerland)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0030876475     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-4-926     Document Type: Article

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