Phenotypic and molecular characterisation of Brucella isolates from marine mammals

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Dawson, Claire E ^a   Stubberfield, Emma J ^a   Perrett, Lorraine L ^a   King, Amanda C ^a   Whatmore, Adrian M ^a   Bashiruddin, John B ^a,b   Stack, Judy A ^a   MacMillan, Alastair P ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRUCELLA; CETACEA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRUCELLA; CETACEA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; PHENOTYPE; PINNIPEDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 61949180635     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-224     Document Type: Article

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