Analysis identifying common and distinct sequences among Texas clinical strains of Mycoplasma genitalium.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on March 04, 2009

Authors

Oxana Musatovova1, Joel B Baseman

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900, USA.

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