Geographically diverse Australian isolates of Melissococcus pluton exhibit minimal genotypic diversity by restriction endonuclease analysis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 311-318

  Djordjevic, Steven Philip ^a   Smith, Lisa Annette ^a   Forbes, Wendy Ann ^a   Hornitzky, Michael Alan ^a  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Honeybee disease; Immunoreactive antigen; Melissococcus pluton; Restriction endonuclease analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HONEY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BEES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; RESTRICTION MAPPING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MELISSOCOCCUS PLUTONIUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0033048116     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00088-9     Document Type: Article

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