Differentiation of Strains of Xylella fastidiosa by a Variable Number of Tandem Repeat Analysis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 4091-4095

  Della Coletta Filho, Helvécio ^a   Takita, Marco Aurélio ^a   De Souza, Alessandra Alves ^a   Aguilar Vildoso, Carlos Ivan ^a   Machado, Marcos Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CITRUS FRUIT; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CITRUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035458411     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.9.4091-4095.2001     Document Type: Article

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