Novel genetic polymorphisms that further delineate the phylogeny of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4271-4287

  Huard, Richard C ^a,e   Fabre, Michel ^b   De Haas, Petra ^c   Lazzarini, Luiz Claudio Oliveira ^a   Van Soolingen, Dick ^c   Cousins, Debby ^d   Ho, John L ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PERCY MILITARY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; MARKER GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CANETTII; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; MYCOBACTERIUM PINNIPEDII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CANETTII; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; MYCOBACTERIUM PINNIPEDII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; ORYX;

EID: 33744967088     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01783-05     Document Type: Article

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