Characterization of leptospiral serovars by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 575-576

  Ramadass, P ^a   Meerarani, S ^a   Venkatesha, M D ^a   Senthilkumar, A ^a   Nachimuthu, K ^a  

^a MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

EID: 0030946399     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-2-575     Document Type: Article

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