Detection of 16S rRNA gene in round bodies isolated from polyps of rhinosporidiosis

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-336

  Dhaulakhandi, Dhara B ^a   Ahluwalia, Karvita B ^a   Ravi, Alok K ^a   Garg, Lalit C ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Cyanobacterium; Rhinosporidiosis; Round body

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; LAKE WATER; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PURIFICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MICROCYSTIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOSE INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MICROCYSTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NASAL POLYPS; RHINOSPORIDIOSIS; RHINOSPORIDIUM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROCYSTIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33646775353     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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