Genomic Relatedness within Five Common Finnish Campylobacter jejuni Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Genotypes Studied by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis, Ribotyping, and Serotyping

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1581-1586

  Hänninen, Marja Liisa ^a   Perko Mäkelä, Päivikki ^a   Rautelin, Hilpi ^b,c   Duim, Birgitta ^d   Wagenaar, Jaap A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; FINLAND; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FINLAND; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POULTRY DISEASES; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0035316788     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.4.1581-1586.2001     Document Type: Article

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