Yersinia enterocolitica 16S rRNA gene types belong to the same genospecies but form three homology groups

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-64

  Neubauer, Heinrich ^a   Aleksic, Stojanka ^b   Hensel, Andreas ^c   Finke, Ernst Jürgen ^a   Meyer, Hermann ^a  

^a Sanitatsakademie der Bundeswehr   (Germany)

^b Dr Brill Partner GmbH Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology   (Germany)

^c Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene type; DNA; DNA hybridization; Subspecies; Yersinia enterocolitica

Indexed keywords

DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC STRAIN; RIBOSOMAL RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEROTYPE;

YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0034090312     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1438-4221(00)80107-1     Document Type: Article

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