Genome sequence based, comparative analysis of the fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphisms (FAFLP) of tubercle bacilli from seals provides molecular evidence for a new species within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 193-199

  Ahmed, Niyaz ^a   Alam, Mahfooz ^a   Majeed, A Abdul ^a   Rahman, S Asad ^a   Cataldi, Angel ^b   Cousins, Debby ^c   Hasnain, Seyed E ^a,d,e  

^a CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^e JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Evolution; FAFLP; Genomic profiling; Genotyping; Mycobacteria; Polymorphisms; Sea lions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARGENTINA; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

BACILLI; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OTARIIDAE; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0037298854     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-1348(02)00100-4     Document Type: Article

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