Estimation of ribosomal RNA operon (rrn) copy number in Acinetobacter isolates and potential of patterns of rrn operon-containing fragments for typing strains of members of this genus

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 216-228

  Maslunka, Christopher ^a   Carr, Emma ^a   Gürtler, Volker ^b   Kämpfer, Peter ^c   Seviour, Robert ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Intergenic spacer region; rrn copy number; rrn operon

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ACINETOBACTER; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENUS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33645214005     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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