Identification and characterization of Francisella species from natural warm springs in Utah, USA

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 313-324

  Whitehouse, C A ^a   Kesterson, K E ^b   Duncan, D D ^c   Eshoo, M W ^c   Wolcott, M ^a  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b United States Army Dugway Proving Ground   (United States)

^c Ibis Biosciences A subsidiary of Abbott Molecular   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; Ecology; Environmental recreational water; Identification; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODEPOSITION; HOT SPRINGS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; STRAIN;

BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ISOLATES; DETECTION; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL/RECREATIONAL WATER; IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; RECREATIONAL WATER; SPRING-IN;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; FATTY ACID; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPRING (SEASON);

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA PHILOMIRAGIA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; THERMAL SPRING; UNITED STATES;

SALT LAKE CITY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA PHILOMIRAGIA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS;

EID: 84858284987     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2012.03214.x     Document Type: Article

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