Novel IS711-specific chromosomal locations useful for identification and classification of marine mammal Brucella strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3765-3769

  Zygmunt, Michel S ^a   Maquart, Marianne ^a   Bernardet, Nelly ^a   Doublet, Benoît ^a   Cloeckaert, Axel ^a  

^a UR1282   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA CETI; BRUCELLA PINNIPEDIALIS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BRUCELLA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77957800577     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01069-10     Document Type: Article

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