Development of rRNA-targeted PCR and in situ hybridization with fluorescently labelled oligonucleotides for detection of Yersinia species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2557-2564

  Trebesius, Karlheinz ^a   Harmsen, Dag ^b   Rakin, Alexander ^a   Schmelz, Jochen ^b   Heesemann, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031874239     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.9.2557-2564.1998     Document Type: Article

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