Draft genome sequence of the nontoxigenic Clostridium difficile strain CD37

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2125-2126

  Brouwer, Michael S M ^a   Allan, Elaine ^a   Mullany, Peter ^a   Roberts, Adam P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 84861206666     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00122-12     Document Type: Note

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