Multilocus sequence typing: Molecular typing of bacterial pathogens in an era of rapid DNA sequencing and the Internet

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 312-316

  Spratt, Brian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INTERNET; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033152417     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(99)80054-X     Document Type: Article

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