Evaluation of tRNA intergenic length polymorphism (tDNA-PCR) for the differentiation of the members of the Burkholderia cepacia complex

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 376-385

  Storms, Virginie ^a   Van Den Vreken, Natasja ^a   Gillis, Monique ^a   Vandamme, Peter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Burkholderia cepacia; Identification; tDNA PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA GLADIOLI; BURKHOLDERIA PYRROCINIA; BURKHOLDERIA VIETNAMIENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036798989     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0723-2020-00126     Document Type: Article

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