Development of PCR assays for detection of Streptococcus canis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-214

  Hassan, A A ^a   Khan, I U ^b   Abdulmawjood, A ^a   Lammler C ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; 16S 23S rDNA intergenic spacer region; CAMP factor gene cfg; Multiplex polymerase chain reaction; Streptococcus canis

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RELIABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CANIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CANIS;

EID: 0345701208     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00049-1     Document Type: Article

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