Genetics of metabolic variations between Yersinia pestis biovars and the proposal of a new biovar, microtus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 5147-5152

  Zhou, Dongsheng ^a   Tong, Zongzhong ^b   Song, Yajun ^a   Han, Yanping ^a   Pei, Decui ^a   Pang, Xin ^a   Zhai, Junhui ^a   Li, Min ^c   Cui, Baizhong ^c   Qi, Zhizhen ^c   Jin, Lixia ^c   Dai, Ruixia ^c   Du, Zongmin ^a   Wang, Jin ^a   Guo, Zhaobiao ^a   Wang, Jian ^b   Huang, Peitang ^a   Yang, Ruifu ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Qinghai Inst Endemic Dis Prev C   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; GLYCEROL; NITRATE; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; FERMENTATION; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; ARABINOSE; ARVICOLINAE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENOMICS; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; NITRATES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLAGUE; RODENT DISEASES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

MICROTUS; NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 3242796606     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.15.5147-5152.2004     Document Type: Article

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