Rapid distinction between Leptospira interrogans and Leptospira biflexa by PCR amplification of 23S ribosomal DNA

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-18

  Woo, Tony H S ^a   Smythe, Lee D ^b   Symonds, Meegan L ^b   Norris, Michelle A ^b   Dohnt, Michael F ^b   Patel, B K C ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH ON INFLUENZA   (Australia)

Author keywords

23S rRNA gene; Leptospira; polymerase chain reaction; spirochete

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030974495     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00066-9     Document Type: Article

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