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

• Wen-Chien Huang,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Mackay Medicine College, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

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• Hsin-Chi Tsai,

  Affiliations School of Medicine Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Psychiatry, Tzu-Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, ROC

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• Chi-Wei Tao,

  Affiliation Section of Respiratory Therapy, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

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• Jung-Sheng Chen,

  Affiliation Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

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• Yi-Jia Shih,

  Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan, ROC

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• Po-Min Kao,

  Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan, ROC

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• Tung-Yi Huang,

  Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan, ROC

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• Bing-Mu Hsu

  * E-mail: bmhsu@ccu.edu.tw

  Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan, ROC

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