Variation of the ribosomal operon 16S-23S gene spacer region in representatives of Salmonella enterica subspecies

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2144-2151

  Pérez Luz, Sara ^a   Rodríguez Valera, Francisco ^a,c   Lan, Ruiting ^b   Reeves, Peter R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Campus de San Juan   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 15144358617     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.8.2144-2151.1998     Document Type: Article

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