High-throughput sequencing in the population analysis of bacterial pathogens of humans

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 290, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-190

  Maiden, Martin C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial population biology; Biodiversity; High througput DNA sequencing; Pathogens

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034076598     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1438-4221(00)80089-2     Document Type: Article

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