Molecular evolution of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae strains, based on polymorphisms in the 16S rRNA genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2350-2358

  Pettersson, Bertil ^a   Bölske, Göran ^b   Thiaucourt, François ^b   Uhlén, Mathias ^a   Johansson, Karl Erik ^b,c,d  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA; ENTOMOPLASMATACEAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA CAPRICOLUM; MYCOPLASMA CAPRICOLUM SUBSP. CAPRIPNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0031978459     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.9.2350-2358.1998     Document Type: Article

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