Genetic relationships among the different phenotypes of Streptococcus dysgalactiae strains

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1231-1243

  Vieira, Verônica V ^a   Teixeira, Lúcia M ^a   Zahner, Viviane ^b   Momen, Hooman ^b   Facklam, Richard R ^c   Steigerwalt, Arnold G ^c   Brenner, Don J ^c   Castro, Angela C D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA DNA hybridization; Genetic relationships; Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis; Streptococcus dysgalactiae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUISIMILIS;

EID: 0031782863     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-4-1231     Document Type: Article

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