Typing methods for legionella

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 954, Issue , 2013, Pages 119-148

  Lück, Christian ^a   Fry, Norman K ^b   Helbig, Jürgen H ^a   Jarraud, Sophie ^c,d   Harrison, Timothy G ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Legionella pneumophila; Legionella species; Monoclonal antibody subgrouping; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Sequence based typing

Indexed keywords

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 84872075615     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-161-5_6     Document Type: Article

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