Identification of Brucella by ribosomal-spacer-region PCR and differentiation of Brucella canis from other Brucella spp. Pathogenic for humans by carbohydrate profiles

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3217-3222

  Fox, Karen F ^a   Fox, Alvin ^a   Nagpal, Madan ^a   Steinberg, Paul ^a   Heroux, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Development and Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOSUGAR; CARBOHYDRATE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME;

AGROBACTERIUM; ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR CANIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; CANIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031697075     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3217-3222.1998     Document Type: Article

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