Brucella 'HOOF-Prints': Strain typing by multi-locus analysis of variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs)

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-13

  Bricker, Betsy J ^a   Ewalt, Darla R ^b   Halling, Shirley M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; BUFFALO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; HERD; HYPERVARIABLE OCTAMERIC OLIGONUCLEOTIDE FINGERPRINT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ANIMAL; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BISON; BOS TAURUS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS; BUBALUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 3042531125     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-3-15     Document Type: Article

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