Unique organization of the 16S-23S intergenic spacer regions of strains of Acinetobacter baylyi provides a means for its identification from other Acinetobacter species

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-236

  Maslunka, Christopher ^a   Gürtler, Volker ^b   Carr, Emma L ^a   Seviour, Robert J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baylyi; Genome; Intergenic spacer regions; Restriction fragment length organization; Ribosomal RNA (rrn) operons

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACINETOBACTER; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI;

EID: 43049139862     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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