Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of two Swedish isolates and two prototypic strains of Coxiella burnetii

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-172

  Sjöstedt, Anders ^a,b   Göransson, Ingela ^a   Macellaro, Anna ^a   Norlander, Lena ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Genotyping; Phenotyping; Swedish isolate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COXIELLA BURNETII; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; HAPLORHINI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWEDEN; VACUOLES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0345404461     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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