Ribosomal multilocus sequence typing: Universal characterization of bacteria from domain to strain

Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1005-1015

  Jolley, Keith A ^a   Bliss, Carly M ^a   Bennett, Julia S ^a   Bratcher, Holly B ^a   Brehony, Carina ^a   Colles, Frances M ^a   Wimalarathna, Helen ^a   Harrison, Odile B ^a   Sheppard, Samuel K ^a   Cody, Alison J ^a   Maiden, Martin C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOINFORMATICS; CHROMOSOME; DATA BASE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOMAL MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; RIBOSOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84859151133     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.055459-0     Document Type: Article

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