Detection of RTX toxin genes in gram-negative bacteria with a set of specific probes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2258-2265

  Kuhnert, Peter ^a,b   Heyberger Meyer, Bénédicte ^a   Burnens, André P ^a   Nicolet, Jacques ^a   Frey, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Inst for Veterinary Bacteriology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PARAPERTUSSIS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA PARAPERTUSSIS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; ERWINIA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PASTEURELLA;

EID: 0030958616     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.6.2258-2265.1997     Document Type: Article

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