High-resolution genomic fingerprinting of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli by analysis of amplified fragment length polymorphisms

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-84

  Kokotovic, Branko ^a   On, Stephen L W ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amplified fragment length polymorphism; Campylobacter; Genomic fingerprinting; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATTLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 0033028952     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00034-8     Document Type: Article

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