title: Implications of rDNA technology in the microbiology laboratory.
abstract: The present and potential future roles in service and research microbiological laboratories of recombinant DNA (rDNA) techniques (nucleic acid hybridization, nucleic acid amplification, in situ hybridization, pulsed field gel electrophoresis) are described. Applications rDNA technology include the detection of micro-organisms; an approach to the understanding of their role in disease pathogenesis and provision of alternative strategies for studying the epidemiology of infectious diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Trent
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: MacLeod
mesh_terms: D004274:DNA, Recombinant / Q000235:genetics*; D005821:Genetic Techniques; D008828:Microbiological Techniques
chemical_list: D004274:DNA, Recombinant