Comparative analysis of Borrelia isolates from southeastern USA based on randomly amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprint and 16S ribosomal gene sequence analyses

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 249-257

  Lin, Tao ^a   Oliver Jr , James H ^a   Gao, Lihui ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal gene; Borrelia; Lyme disease; Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting analysis

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA ANDERSONII; BORRELIA BISSETTII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA ANDERSONII; BORRELIA BISSETTII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0345016316     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00763-8     Document Type: Article

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