Assessment of Southern blot ribotyping for differentiation of Leptospira strains isolated from field rats

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 288-297

  Kositanont, Uraiwan ^a   Chotinantakul, Kamonnaree ^a   Phulsuksombati, Duangporn ^b   Tribuddharat, Chanwit ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Leptospira; Ribotyping; Serovar identification; Southern blot ribotyping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; LEPTOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RIBOTYPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEROTYPING; THAILAND;

LEPTOSPIRA; RATTUS;

EID: 34047259200     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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