Molecular characterization of Brucella strains isolated from marine mammals

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1258-1262

  Bricker, Betsy J ^a   Ewalt, Darla R ^b   MacMillan, Alastair P ^c   Foster, Geoff ^c   Brew, Simon ^c  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR CANIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; CANIS; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034056267     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.3.1258-1262.2000     Document Type: Article

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