A PCR test for the identification and discrimination of Legionella longbeachae serogroups 1 and 2

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-253

  Saint, Christopher Paul ^a   Ho, Lionel ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Legionella longbeachae; Legionella sp. 510; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

RNA 5S;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ISRAEL; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; SEROTYPE; TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHILINS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA SP.;

EID: 0032781208     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(99)00070-6     Document Type: Article

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