Single strand conformation polymorphism analysis of PCR-tDNA fingerprinting to address the identification of Bacillus species

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-93

  Borin, Sara ^a   Daffonchio, Daniele ^a   Sorlini, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Bacillus cereus; Bacillus subtilis; Identification; SSCP; tDNA fingerprinting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TAXONOMY; TECHNIQUE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031424124     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00458-8     Document Type: Article

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