Plasmid profiles of urease-positive thermophilic campylobacter (UPTC) strains isolated in Europe and Asia (Japan)

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 158-160

  Matsuda, Motoo ^a   Eda, Y ^a   Isobe, K ^a   Moore, J E ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; RIVER WATER; SEA WATER; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; JAPAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALLOP; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0036384208     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2002.11783654     Document Type: Article

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