Improved molecular identification of Thermoactinomyces spp. associated with mushroom worker's lung by 16S rDNA sequence typing

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1117-1127

  Xu, Jiru ^a   Rao, J R ^b   Millar, B Cherie ^a   Elborn, J Stuart ^a,c   Evans, James ^d   Barr, John G ^d   Moore, John E ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

AGRICULTURE; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMPUTER MODEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENUS; HORTICULTURE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOACTINOMYCES;

THERMOACTINOMYCES;

EID: 0036909359     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-51-12-1117     Document Type: Article

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