Analysis of the actinobacterial insertion in domain III of the 23S rRNA gene of uncultured variants of the bacterium associated with Whipple's disease using broad-range and 'Tropheryma whippelii'-specific PCR

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1007-1011

  Hinrikson, Hans Peter ^a   Dutly, Fabrizio ^a   Altwegg, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

'Tropheryma whippelii'; 16S 23S rDNA spacer region; Actinobacterial insertion in domain III of 23S rDNA; Molecular characterization; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 23S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; TROPHERYMA; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; TROPHERYMA; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII; TROPHERYMA WHIPPLEI; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034034087     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-3-1007     Document Type: Article

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