Genomic fingerprinting of 80 strains from the WHO multicenter international typing study of Listeria monocytogenes via pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 343-355

  Brosch, Roland ^a,c   Brett, Maggie ^b   Catimel, Benedicte ^c   Luchansky, John B ^a   Ojeniyi, Bente ^d   Rocourt, Jocelyne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Listeria; Molecular subtyping; Monocytogenes; Multicenter; Pulsed field; WHO

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOME; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0030273240     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(96)01147-6     Document Type: Article

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