Interest of partial 16S rDNA gene sequences to resolve heterogeneities between Leptospira collections: Application to L. meyeri

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 333-341

  Postic, Danièle ^a   Riquelme Sertour, Natacha ^a   Merien, Fabrice ^b   Perolat, Philippe ^b   Baranton, Guy ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Leptospira; Leptospira meyeri; Partial 16S rDNA sequence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA MEYERI; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA MEYERI;

EID: 0033936564     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(00)00156-X     Document Type: Article

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