Genotypic characterization of Ureaplasma species by pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 606-610

  Moser, S A ^a   Mayfield, C A ^a   Duffy, L B ^a   Waites, K B ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Ureaplasma

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; SPECIES; UREAPLASMA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 33750975880     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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