Molecular characterization of Serratia marcescens strains by RFLP and sequencing of PCR-amplified 16S rDNA and 16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 174-178

  Zhu, H ^a   Zhou, W Y ^a   Xu, M ^a   Shen, Y L ^a   Wei, D Z ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; 16S 23S rDNA IGS; PCR RFLP; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCES; GENE ENCODING; STRAIN;

16S RDNA; 16S-23S RDNA INTERGENIC SPACER; INTERGENIC SPACERS; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION-RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; S.MARCESCENS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA FRAGMENT; RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

DNA; POLYMORPHISM; RNA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 34447631465     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02166.x     Document Type: Article

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