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Nucleic-Acid-Based Typing

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The microbiological term strain refers to an organism or (~homogeneous) population of organisms, within a given species, that can be distinguished from other members of the same species. Strains reflect the heterogeneity of a species.

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Singleton, P. (2000). Nucleic-Acid-Based Typing. In: DNA Methods in Clinical Microbiology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1286-6_7

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