Partial rpoB gene sequencing for identification of Leptospira species

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 142-147

  Scola, Bernard La ^a   Bui, Lan T M ^a   Baranton, Guy ^b   Khamis, Atieh ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Gene sequence; Identification; Leptospira; rpoB

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS;

EID: 33748793638     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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