Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium africanum clinical isolates based on IS6110-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, spoligotyping, and variable number of tandem DNA repeats

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-65

  Viana Niero, C ^a   Gutierrez, C ^a   Sola, C ^a   Filliol, I ^a   Boulahbal, F ^a   Vincent, V ^a   Rastogi, N ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TUBERCULOSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0035175472     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.1.57-65.2001     Document Type: Article

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