Genetic diversity of Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica strains isolated in Japan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 270-276

  Fujita, Osamu ^a   Uda, Akihiko ^a   Hotta, Akitoyo ^a   Okutani, Akiko ^a   Inoue, Satoshi ^a   Tanabayashi, Kiyoshi ^a   Yamada, Akio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Francisella tularensis; Japan; Typing; Variable number tandem repeat (VNTR)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS HOLARCTICA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TULAREMIA;

FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS;

EID: 70449415211     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2008.00036.x     Document Type: Article

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