Oligonucleotides specific for pathogenic and saprophytic leptospira occurring in water

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-34

  Murgia, Rossella ^a   Riquelme, N ^b   Baranton, Guy ^b   Cinco, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Leptospira; polymerase chain reaction; water analysis

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEPTOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; LEPTOSPIRA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0031105444     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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