Characterization of Borrelia lusitaniae sp. nov. by 16S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 921-925

  Le Fleche, Anne ^a   Postic, Daniele ^a   Girardet, Karine ^b   Peter, Olivier ^b   Baranton, Guy ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Institut Central des Hopitaux Valaisans   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0342940772     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-4-921     Document Type: Article

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