Identification of Aeromonas clinical isolates by restriction fragment length polymorphism of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA genes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1671-1674

  Borrell, Nuria ^a   Acinas, Silvia G ^b   Figueras, Maria Jose ^a   Martínez Murcia, Antonio J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0030968667     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.7.1671-1674.1997     Document Type: Article

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