Molecular characterization of mycobacteria isolated from seals

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2519-2526

  Zumarraga M J ^a   Bernardelli, A ^b   Bastida, R ^e   Quse, V ^e   Loureiro, J ^e   Cataldi, A ^a   Bigi, F ^a   Alito, A ^a   Ramos, M Castro ^c   Samper, S ^d   Otal, I ^d   Martin, C ^d   Romano, M I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria Argentina   (Argentina)

^c Lab TB Dir Laboratorios V   (Uruguay)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; RFLP; Spoligotyping; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CODON; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENOME; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; SEAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARCTOCEPHALUS AUSTRALIS; ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OTARIA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 0042204291     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-9-2519     Document Type: Article

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