Comparative genome analysis of Bacillus sphaericus by ribotyping, M13 hybridization, and M13 polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-180

  Miteva, Vanya ^a   Gancheva, Anna ^a   Mitev, Vladislav ^a   Ljubenov, Marin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; M13 fingerprinting; Polymerase chain reaction; Ribotyping

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; RIBOTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031979725     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-44-2-175     Document Type: Article

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