Cultural, Serological and Genetic Methods for Identification of Bacteria

Identification of Microorganisms by Mass Spectrometry

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-21

  Sutherland, John B ^a   Rafii, Fatemeh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial plant pathogens; Phage typing of bacterial cultures; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CULTURES; GENETIC METHODS; PLANT PATHOGEN;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84955640960     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0471748641.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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