Evidence of genomic instability in Campylobacter jejuni isolated from poultry

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1816-1821

  Wassenaar, Trudy M ^a   Geilhausen, Barbara ^b   Newell, Diane G ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MEAT INDUSTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GALLUS GALLUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031805823     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1816-1821.1998     Document Type: Article

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