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Mycobacterium africanum genotyping using novel spacer oligonucleotides in the direct repeat locus.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 2004
Brudey Karine, Gutierrez M Cristina, Vincent Véronique, Parsons Linda M, Salfinger Max, Rastogi Nalin, Sola Christophe
Abstract excerpt
This study involves a first evaluation of 25 novel spacer oligonucleotides in addition to the 43 routine spacers for molecular characterization of a panel of 65 isolates of tubercle bacilli from different geographic origins that were initially classified as Mycobacterium africanum based on phenotypic characters. The 68-spacer format defined four additional patterns, and three groups were identified. The...
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