Increased level of intragenomic 16S rRNA gene heterogeneity in commensal strains closely related to Haemophilus influenzae

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1050-1055

  Nørskov Lauritsen, Niels ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMMENSALISM; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 79953700293     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.047233-0     Document Type: Article

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