Rapid detection of the Chlamydiaceae and other families in the order Chlamydiales: Three PCR tests

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 575-580

  Everett, Karin D E ^a,b   Hornung, Linda J ^a   Andersen, Arthur A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIACEAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDIALES; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032998530     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.3.575-580.1999     Document Type: Article

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