Characterisation of Listeria ivanovii isolates from the UK using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 349-353

  Ramage, Clifford P ^a   Low, J Christopher ^b   McLauchlin, James ^c   Donachie, William ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SACVSD Edinburgh   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Listeria ivanovii; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIRDS; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMIDOESTERS; LISTERIA; PHENOTYPE; SHEEP; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC); VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA IVANOVII SUBSP. IVANOVII; LISTERIA IVANOVII SUBSP. LONDONIENSIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0032906678     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00567-9     Document Type: Article

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