Prophage carriage as a molecular epidemiological marker in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3308-3315

  Severina, Elena ^a,c   Ramirez, Mario ^a,b   Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032849749     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3308-3315.1999     Document Type: Article

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