Development of quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction for detection of and discrimination between Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae and other Erysipelothrix species

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 701-706

  To, Ho ^a   Koyama, Tomohiro ^a   Nagai, Shinya ^a   Tuchiya, Kotaro ^a   Nunoya, Tetsuo ^a  

^a NIPPON INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; Erysipelothrix tonsillarum; Real time polymerase chain reaction; Swine erysipelas

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; ERYSIPELOTHRIX TONSILLARUM; MUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 70349673777     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870902100518     Document Type: Article

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