Intragenic tandem repeat variation between Legionella pneumophila strains

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Coil, David A ^a   Vandersmissen, Liesbeth ^a   Ginevra, Christophe ^b,c,d   Jarraud, Sophie ^b,c,d   Lammertyn, Elke ^a   Anné, Jozef ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 60349122402     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-218     Document Type: Article

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