Multilocus sequence analysis of Porphyromonas gingivalis indicates frequent recombination

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2407-2415

  Koehler, Andreas ^a   Karch, Helge ^b   Beikler, Thomas ^b   Flemming, Thomas F ^b   Suerbaum, Sebastian ^a,c   Schmidt, Herbert ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEIN DNAK; RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOMOPLASY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODONTITIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PEPO; PORPHYROMONAS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0141591682     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26267-0     Document Type: Article

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