Strategies for differentiation, identification and typing of medically important species of mycobacteria by molecular methods

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 46, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 309-328

  Dvorska L ^a   Bartos M ^a   Martin, G ^b   Erler, W ^b   Pavlík, Ivo ^a  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b Fed Inst Hlth Protect Consumers   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Avian mycobacteriosis; Bovine and avian tuberculosis; Human; Insertion sequence; Internal transcribed spacer 16S 23S rDNA; Johne's diseases; Paratuberculosis; PCR; PCR REA; Repeat sequence; RFLP; Sequencing analysis; Spoligotyping

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; CORYNEBACTERINEAE;

EID: 0346612556     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/7890-VETMED     Document Type: Review

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