Subtyping of uncultured bartonellae using sequence comparison of 16 S/23 S rRNA intergenic spacer regions amplified directly from infected blood

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 79-87

  Birtles, R J ^a   Hazel, S ^b   Bown, K ^b   Raoult, D ^a   Begon, M ^b   Bennett, M ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16 S 23 S rRNA intergenic spacer region; Bartonella; Epidemiological typing; PCR; Rodents

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RODENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034079088     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.2000.0289     Document Type: Article

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