Identification of Nocardia farcinica by a PCR primer amplifying a specific DNA band for the bacterium

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 173-175

  Hasegawa, Taichi ^a   Gonoi, Tohru ^a   Ito, Junji ^a   Kogure, Takahisa ^a   Yazawa, Katsukiyo ^a   Mikami, Yuzuru ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nocardia farcinica; RAPD analysis; Specific identification; Specific PCR primer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LUNG LAVAGE; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SPUTUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA FARCINICA;

EID: 36849084231     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.48.173     Document Type: Article

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