Characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi strains isolated from Korea by 16S rDNA sequence analysis and PCR-RFLP analysis of rrf (5S)-rrl (23S) intergenic spacer amplicons

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 857-863

  Lee, Seung Hyun ^a   Kim, Bum Joon ^a,d   Kim, Jong Hyun ^b   Park, Kyung Hee ^b   Yeo, Seon Ju ^a   Kim, Seo Jeong ^c   Kook, Yoon Hoh ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c CHA University   (South Korea)

^d Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Borrelia burgdorferi; rrf (5S) rrl (23S) intergenic spacer gene; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA SEQUENCE; KOREA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

APODEMUS AGRARIUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; IXODES GRANULATUS;

EID: 0034022818     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-2-857     Document Type: Article

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