Strain typing among enterococci isolated from home-made Pecorino Sardo cheese

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-30

  Mannu, L ^a   Paba, A ^a   Pes, M ^a   Floris, R ^a   Scintu, M F ^a   Morelli, L ^b  

^a Istituto Zootecnico e Caseario Per la Sardegna   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enterococcus; Plasmid profile; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; RAPD PCR; Strain typing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEESE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHEESE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 0032897255     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00519-9     Document Type: Article

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