The phylogeny of Ureaplasma urealyticum based on the mba gene fragment

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1323-1331

  Knox, Christine L ^a   Giffard, Philip ^a   Timms, Peter ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mba gene; Molecular subtyping; Phylogeny; Ure gene; Ureaplasma urealyticum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0031724881     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-4-1323     Document Type: Article

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