Ddel RFLP for 16S rDNA typing in Bartonella henselae

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1263-1265

  Dillon, B ^a   Iredell, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 11144229496     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45606-0     Document Type: Letter

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