Detection and identification of Legionella pneumophila by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the RNA polymerase gene (rpoB)

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 325-337

  Ko, Kwan Soo ^a   Hong, Seong Karp ^a   Lee, Keun Hwa ^a   Lee, Hae Kyung ^b   Park, Mi Yeoun ^b   Miyamoto, Hiroshi ^c   Kook, Yoon Hoh ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

L. pneumophila; Legionella; PCR RFLP; rpoB

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA 16S; PRIMER DNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETA CHAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENUS; KOREA; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUBSPECIES;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SUBSP. FRASERI; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SUBSP. PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 0038121645     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(03)00065-4     Document Type: Article

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