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Open AccessMolecular characteristics of Brucella melitensis isolates from humans in Qinghai Province, China
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Open AccessGenetic polymorphisms identify in species/biovars of Brucella isolated in China between 1953 and 2013 by MLST
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Open AccessMulti-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis of Chinese Brucella strains isolated from 1953 to 2013
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Lampropedia puyangensis sp. nov., isolated from symptomatic bark of Populus × euramericana canker and emended description of Lampropedia hyalina (Ehrenberg 1832) Lee et al. 2004
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Molecular characterisation of two plasmids from paulownia witches’-broom phytoplasma and detection of a plasmid-encoded protein in infected plants
Two plasmids were cloned from paulownia witches’-broom phytoplasma-Nanyang strain (PaWBNy). Southern blotting using pPaWBNy-1ORF1 probe confirmed the existence of the two plasmids. The 4485 bp plasmid, designa...
