RFLP analysis of a PCR-amplified fragment of the 16S rRNA gene as a tool to identify Enterococcus strains

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1003-1008

  Scheidegger, E M D ^a   Fracalanzza, S A P ^a,b   Teixeira, L M ^c   Cardarelli Leite, P ^a,b  

^a Programa de Pó Graduação e   (Brazil)

^b National Institute for Quality Control in Health   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene PCR RFLP; Enterococcus identification; Food isolates; PCR based identification; Phenotypical characterisation

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 71149094692     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000700011     Document Type: Article

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