Differentiation of human and animal strains of Streptococcus dysgalactiae by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-112

  Bert, Frédéric ^a   Branger, Catherine ^a   Poutrel, Bernard ^b   Lambert Zechovsky, Nicole ^a  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

group G streptococci; pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Streptococcus dysgalactiae; Streptococcus equisimilis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOXES; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; STREPTOCOCCUS; SWINE;

EID: 0030960342     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00105-5     Document Type: Article

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