Genetic heterogeneity of Campylobacter concisus determined by pulsed field gel electrophoresis-based macrorestriction profiling

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-22

  Matsheka, M I ^a,d   Elisha, B G ^a   Lastovica, A L ^a,c   On, S L W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Compylobacter concisus; Genetic diversity; PFGE; Typing

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RESTRICTION ENZYME NOTI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER CONCISUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DNA DEGRADATION; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER CONCISUS;

EID: 0037150028     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)00667-5     Document Type: Article

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