Characterization and cloning of a 37.6-kb plasmid carried by Legionella pneumophila recovered from patients and hospital water over a 12-year period

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 193-197

  Mansfield, Shawn D ^a,c   Marrie, Thomas J ^a,b   Bezanson, Greg S ^a,d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Mackenzie Diagnostic Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cloning; Legionella; Map; Plasmid; Stability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; WATER ANALYSIS; CANADA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1; VICTORIA;

CANADA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; PLASMIDS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0030610912     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-025     Document Type: Article

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