A possible pitfall in the identification of Burkholderia mallei using molecular identification systems based on the sequence of the flagellin fliC gene

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-236

  Sprague, Lisa D ^a   Zysk, Gregor ^a   Hagen, Ralf M ^a   Meyer, Hermann ^a   Ellis, Jill ^b   Anuntagool, Narisara ^c   Gauthier, Yves ^d   Neubauer, Heinrich ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CBD ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c CHULABHORN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

Author keywords

Burkholderia mallei; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Burkholderia thailandensis; fliC; Polymerase chain reaction; Restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BURKHOLDERIA; FLAGELLIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0037112116     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(02)00393-0     Document Type: Article

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