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Multi-locus Variable-number Tandem-repeat Analysis of the Fish-pathogenic Bacterium Yersinia ruckeri by Multiplex PCR and Capillary Electrophoresis
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New modified method of multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
Takeshi Sakai1, Hisako Ohmae, Yoshiteru Kitahori
1Division of Bacteriology, Nara Prefectural Institute for Hygiene and Environment, Ohmori-cho, Nara, Japan. t.sakai@ihe.pref.nara.jp
Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases
|May 25, 2010
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