Characterization of oligonucleotide probes for the identification of Acinetobacter spp., A. baumannii and Acinetobacter genomic species 3

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 557-566

  Lagatolla, C ^a   Lavenia, A ^a   Tonin, E ^a   Monti Bragadin, C ^a   Dolzani, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Acinetobacter baumannii; Identification; Oligonucleotide probe

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALANINE TRANSFER RNA; ISOLEUCINE; ISOLEUCINE TRANSFER RNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS;

EID: 0032421390     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(99)80003-5     Document Type: Article

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