rpoB gene analysis as a novel strategy for identification of spirochetes from the Genera borrelia, Treponema, and Leptospira

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2200-2203

  Renesto, Patricia ^a   Lorvellec Guillon, Katell ^a   Drancourt, Michel ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEPTOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; PROKARYOTA; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0034046011     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.38.6.2200-2203.2000     Document Type: Article

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