Differentiation of phylogenetically related slowly growing mycobacteria by their gyrB sequences

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 301-308

  Kasai, Hiroaki ^a   Ezaki, Takayuki ^b   Harayama, Shigeaki ^a  

^a MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ASIATICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM GASTRI; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA GYRASE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0033986599     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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