Molecular differentiation of Renibacterium salmoninarum isolates from worldwide locations

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 961-968

  Grayson, Thomas H ^a   Cooper, Lynne F ^a   Atienzar, Franck A ^a   Knowles, Mark R ^a   Gilpin, Martyn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH DISEASE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RENIBACTERIUM SALMONINARUM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

RENIBACTERIUM SALMONINARUM;

EID: 0032986225     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.3.961-968.1999     Document Type: Article

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