Streptococcus suis Serotypes Characterized by Analysis of Chaperonin 60 Gene Sequences

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4828-4833

  Brousseau, Ronald ^a   Hill, Janet E ^a   Préfontaine, Gabrielle ^a   Goh, Swee Han ^b   Harel, Josée ^c   Hemmingsen, Sean M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CHAPERONIN 60; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0035489975     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.10.4828-4833.2001     Document Type: Article

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