Genetic diversity of Neisseria lactamica strains from epidemiologically defined carriers

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1710-1715

  Alber, D ^a   Oberkotter M ^a   Suerbaum, S ^a   Claus, H ^a   Frosch, M ^a   Vogel, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035012347     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.1710-1715.2001     Document Type: Article

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