Rapid identification and differentiation of pathogenic clostridia in gas gangrene by polymerase chain reaction based on the 16S-23S rDNA spacer region

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 289-294

  Sasaki, Y ^a   Yamamoto, K ^a   Kojima, A ^a   Norimatsu, M ^b   Tamura, Y ^a  

^a National Veterinary Assay Laboratory   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CHAUVOEI; OVIS ARIES;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; GAS GANGRENE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GAS GANGRENE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0034566952     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rvsc.2000.0431     Document Type: Article

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