Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 140-147 , February 2010

Development of a microarray for identification of pathogenic Clostridium spp.

  • Tavan Janvilisri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
    • Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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  • Joy Scaria

      Affiliations

    • Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
    • ,
  • Robin Gleed

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
    • ,
  • Susan Fubini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
    • ,
  • Michelle M. Bonkosky

      Affiliations

    • Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, P.O. Box 117, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0117, USA
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  • Yrjö T. Gröhn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
    • ,
  • Yung-Fu Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-607-253-2675; fax: +1-607-253-3943.

Received 22 May 2009 ,Accepted 22 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.09.014

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 140-147 , February 2010

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