Detection of Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin gene by PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1729-1732

  Shetab, Razeq ^a   Cohen, Stuart H ^a   Prindiville, Thomas ^a   Tang, Yajarayma J ^a   Cantrell, Mary ^a   Rahmani, Darush ^a   Silva Jr , Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES DISTASONIS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES OVATUS; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BACTEROIDES UNIFORMIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; EQUUS CABALLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; OVATUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031977336     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.6.1729-1732.1998     Document Type: Article

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