Isolation and characterization of Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni from macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) in the subantarctic region

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 449-452

  Broman, T ^a   Bergstrom S ^a   On, S L W ^b   Palmgren, H ^a   McCafferty, D J ^d   Sellin, M ^a   Olsen, B ^a,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENGUIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; EUDYPTES CHRYSOLOPHUS;

EID: 0033989393     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.449-452.2000     Document Type: Article

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