Analysis of plasmid profiles of Aeromonas salmonicida isolates by pulsed field gel electrophoresis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 297-301

  Livesley, M Anne ^a   Smith, Stephen N ^a   Armstrong, Richard A ^a   Barker, Gavin A ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeromonas salmonicida; plasmid; principal components analysis; pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0031034202     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00492-2     Document Type: Article

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