Division of Listeria monocytogenes serovar 1/2a strains into two groups by PCR and restriction enzyme analysis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2054-2056

  Unnerstad, Helle ^a   Nilsson, Inger ^a   Ericsson, Henrik ^a   Danielsson Tham, Marie Louise ^a   Bille, Jacques ^b   Bannerman, Elizabeth ^b   Tham, Wilhelm ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032921871     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.5.2054-2056.1999     Document Type: Article

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