Detection of Streptobacillus spp. in feral rats by specific polymerase chain reaction

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-15

  Kimura, Masanobu ^a   Tanikawa, Tsutomu ^b   Suzuki, Michio ^a   Koizumi, Nobuo ^a   Kamiyama, Tsuneo ^a   Imaoka, Koichi ^a   Yamada, Akio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Ikari Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Polymerase chain reaction; Rat bite fever; Streptobacillus spp.

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FERAL ANIMAL; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RAT; RAT BITE FEVER; RAT STRAIN; STREPTOBACILLARY RAT BITE FEVER; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS; URBAN AREA; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOBACILLUS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; STREPTOBACILLUS; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STREPTOBACILLUS;

EID: 51449120117     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2008.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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