Virulence characterization of a strain of Salmonella enterica subspecies houten (subspecies IV) with chromosomal integrated Salmonella plasmid virulence (spv) genes

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 183-189

  Aabo, Søren ^a,b   Brown, Derek J ^a   Olsen, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Plasmid; Salmonella; Virulence gene spv

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0034123067     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(00)00138-8     Document Type: Article

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