Serotype 14 variants of the Spanish penicillin-resistant serotype 9V clone of Streptococcus pneumoniae arose by large recombinational replacements of the cpsA-pbp1a region

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2023-2031

  Coffey, Tracey J ^a   Daniels, Margaret ^b   Enright, Mark C ^a   Spratt, Brian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsular locus; Penicillin binding protein 1a; Pneumococcus; Recombination; Serotype exchange

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONE; DENMARK; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032821143     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-8-2023     Document Type: Article

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