Strain-specific fingerprints of Rhizobium loti generated by PCR with arbitrary and repetitive sequences

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-92

  Agius, F ^a   Sanguinetti, C ^b   Monza, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

PCR fingerprint; Rhizobium loti; Strain identification

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; URUGUAY;

EID: 0030881211     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00048-2     Document Type: Article

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