Detection of Chlamydiaceae DNA in veterinary specimens using a family-specific PCR

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-127

  Condon, K ^a   Oakey, J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Chlamydiaceae; Chlamydophila; PCR; Veterinary

Indexed keywords

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

16S RRNA GENE; ANIMAL TISSUE; BACTERIAL SPECIES; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILUM; ENHANCED SENSITIVITY; PARALLEL TESTING; PCR; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIA; DNA; GENES; RNA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; LABORATORY TEST; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA;

EID: 34447618391     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02169.x     Document Type: Article

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