Intraspecies genomic groups in Enterococcus faecium and their correlation with origin and pathogenicity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1381-1391

  Vancanneyt, Marc ^a   Lombardi, Angiolella ^a   Andrighetto, Christian ^a   Knijff, Edo ^a   Torriani, Sandra ^a   Björkroth, K Johanna ^a   Franz, Charles M A P ^a   Foulquié Moreno, María R ^a   Revets, Hilde ^a   De Vuyst, Luc ^a   Swings, Jean ^a   Kersters, Karel ^a   Dellaglio, Franco ^a   Holzapfel, Wilhelm H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS;

GENOMIC GROUPS;

PATHOLOGY;

VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIUM; GENOME;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC STRAIN; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOCINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CATTLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036193359     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.3.1381-1391.2002     Document Type: Article

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