The phylogeny of Staphylococcus aureus - Which genes make the best intra-species markers?

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1297-1305

  Cooper, Jessica E ^a   Feil, Edward J ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33646786106     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28620-0     Document Type: Article

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