Genetic variability in environmental isolates of Legionella pneumophila from Comunidad Valenciana (Spain)

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1056-1063

  Coscollá, Mireia ^a   Gosalbes, María José ^a   Catalán, Vicente ^b   González Candelas, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b SA Pol Ind Las Atalayas   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPAIN;

ALLELES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 33745161039     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.00997.x     Document Type: Article

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