A multilocus sequence typing scheme for Streptococcus pneumoniae: Identification of clones associated with serious invasive disease

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3049-3060

  Enright, Mark C ^a   Spratt, Brian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Housekeeping genes; Molecular typing; Serotype stability; Virulent clones; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031764441     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-11-3049     Document Type: Article

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