Bacterial identification based on universal gene amplification and sequencing

Advanced Techniques in Diagnostic Microbiology

Volumn 9781461439707, Issue , 2013, Pages 483-509

  Lau, Susanna K P ^a   Teng, Jade L L ^a   Woo, Patrick C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3970-7_27     Document Type: Chapter

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