Genus-specific identification of enterococci by PCR method

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 633-637

  Cupakova S ^a   Pospisilova M ^a   Kolackova I ^b   Karpiskova R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Enterococcus spp; Polymerase chain reaction; Tuf gene

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS;

EID: 31544471433     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: 00017213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200574040633     Document Type: Article

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