Interpreting Chromosomal DNA Restriction Patterns Produced by Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis: Criteria for Bacterial Strain Typing

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Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1995 Sep 1

PMID 7494007

Citations 2763

Authors

F C Tenover

R D Arbeit

R V Goering

P A Mickelsen

B E Murray

D H Persing

B Swaminathan

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