Molecular analysis of riboflavin synthesis genes in Bartonella henselae and use of the ribC gene for differentiation of Bartonella species by PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3159-3166

  Bereswill, Stefan ^a   Hinkelmann, Silke ^a   Kist, Manfred ^a   Sander, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RICKETTSIALES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032868120     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3159-3166.1999     Document Type: Article

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