Multiplex assay based on single-nucleotide polymorphisms for rapid identification of Brucella isolates at the species level

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7331-7337

  Scotts, Julie C ^a   Koylass, Mark S ^a   Stubberfield, Michael R ^a,b   Whatmore, Adrian M ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; NUCLEOTIDES; POLYMORPHISM;

MULTIPLEX ASSAYS; PHYLOGENETIC FRAMEWORKS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; ZOONOTIC INFECTIONS;

PATHOGENS;

BACTERIUM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMMUNOASSAY; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA NEOTOMAE; BRUCELLA OVIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; MARINE MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TECHNOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRUCELLA; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 36649034891     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00976-07     Document Type: Article

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