Genetic heterogeneity of urease gene loci in urease-positive thermophilic Campylobacter (UPTC)

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 209, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 541-545

  Usui, Kaori ^a   Iida, Haruna ^a   Ueno, Hitomi ^a   Sekizuka, Tsuyoshi ^a   Matsuda, Motoo ^a   Murayama, Ohoshi ^a   Cherie Millar, B ^b   Moore, John E ^b  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C. lari; Heterogeneity; Phylogenetic tree; UPTC; Urease genes; Urease positive thermophilic Campylobacter

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLOROFORM; PROTEINASE K; UREASE;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELICOBACTER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; HELICOBACTER;

EID: 33750993184     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2005.09.010     Document Type: Article

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