Variations in the 16S rRNA gene sequence of Yersinia enterocolitica isolates influence the specificity of molecular identification systems

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 289, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 329-337

  Neubauer, Heinrich ^a,d   Reischl, Udo ^b   Köstler, Josef ^b   Aleksic, Stojanka ^c   Finke, Ernst Jürgen ^a   Meyer, Hermann ^a  

^a Sanitatsakademie der Bundeswehr   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c Dr Brill Partner GmbH Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology   (Germany)

^d Institut fur Mikrobiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EVOLUTION; GENETIC STRAIN; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RIBOSOMAL DNA;

YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0033167120     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(99)80070-X     Document Type: Article

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