Development of a species-specific recA-based PCR test for Burkholderia fungorum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 133-138

  Chan, Chun Han ^a   Stead, D E ^b   Coutts, R H A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkholderia caledonica; Burkholderia fungorum; Burkholderia sacchari; PCR assay; recA gene sequences

Indexed keywords

RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CALEDONICA; BURKHOLDERIA FUNGORUM; BURKHOLDERIA SACCHARI; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CALEDONICA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA FUNGORUM; BURKHOLDERIA SACCHARI;

EID: 0037632512     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00443-9     Document Type: Article

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