rRNA gene RFLP as an identification tool for Corynebacterium species

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 983-989

  Bjorkroth, Johanna ^a,c   Korkeala, Hannu ^a   Funke, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Gartner and Colleagues Laboratories ^*  (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium; Identification; Ribotyping; rRNA gene restriction patterns; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; RNA GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM UREALYTICUM; TURICELLA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032991412     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-3-983     Document Type: Article

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