Genotyping of Campylobacter spp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Wassenaar, Trudy M ^a   Newell, Diane G ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 0033988032     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.1-9.2000     Document Type: Short Survey

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