Traditional ribotyping shows a higher discrimination than the automated RiboPrinter(TM) system in typing Vibrio cholerae O1

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 327-333

  Dalsgaard, A ^a   Forslund, A ^a   Fussing, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; REAGENT; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; AUTOANALYZER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RIBOTYPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE ECORI; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0032905171     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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