Approach to determine the diversity of Legionella species by nested PCR-DGGE in aquatic environments.

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Published in PLoS One on February 06, 2017

Authors

Wen-Chien Huang1,2,3, Hsin-Chi Tsai4,5, Chi-Wei Tao6, Jung-Sheng Chen7, Yi-Jia Shih8, Po-Min Kao8, Tung-Yi Huang8, Bing-Mu Hsu8

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Mackay Medicine College, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
2: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
3: Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
4: School of Medicine Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, ROC.
5: Department of Psychiatry, Tzu-Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, ROC.
6: Section of Respiratory Therapy, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
7: Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
8: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan, ROC.

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