Genetic diversity among strains of Moraxella catarrhalis: Analysis using multiple DNA probes and a single-locus PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism method

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1977-1983

  Walker, Elaine S ^a,d   Preston, Robert A ^b   Post, J Christopher ^b   Ehrlich, Garth D ^b   Kalbfleisch, John H ^a   Klingman, Karin L ^c  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d James H Quillen VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PROBE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OTITIS MEDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031836208     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.7.1977-1983.1998     Document Type: Article

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