Characterization of Chlamydiaceae species using PCR and high resolution melt curve analysis of the 16S rRNA gene

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2017-2028

  Robertson, T ^a   Bibby, S ^a   O'Rourke, D ^a   Belfiore, T ^a   Lambie, H ^a   Noormohammadi, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydiaceae; High resolution melt curve analysis; HRM; PCR and species identification

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS; GENES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA;

16S RRNA GENE; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CURVE ANALYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION MELT; HIGH RESOLUTION MELT CURVE ANALYSE; NUCLEOTIDES SEQUENCES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION AND SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; GENE EXPRESSION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH RESOLUTION MELT CURVE ANALYSIS; KOALA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA FELIS; PHASCOLARCTIDAE;

EID: 72849113873     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04388.x     Document Type: Article

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