Repetitive element-polymerase chain reaction for genotyping of clinical and environmental isolates of Legionella spp.

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-12

  Haroon, Attiya ^a   Koide, Michio ^a   Higa, Futoshi ^a   Hibiya, Kenji ^a   Tateyama, Masao ^a   Fujita, Jiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Legionella anisa; Legionella rep PCR; Molecular typing of Legionella; Repetitive element PCR

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENOTYPE; JAPAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA ANISA; LEGIONELLA DUMOFFII; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE ELEMENT POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TATLOCKIA MICDADEI;

EID: 77955782224     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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