Restriction fragment length polymorphisms detected with novel DNA probes differentiate among diverse lineages of serogroup 4 Listeria monocytogenes and identify four distinct lineages in serotype 4b

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-64

  Tran, H L ^a   Kathariou, S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY; PROBES;

POLYMORPHISMS;

DNA;

DNA FRAGMENT; MANNITOL PERMEASE; PERMEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; EPIDEMIC; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA PROBES; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036135903     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.1.59-64.2002     Document Type: Article

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