Use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to characterize the heterogeneity and clonality of Salmonella isolates obtained from the carcasses and feces of swine at slaughter

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 4177-4182

  Wonderling, Laura ^a   Pearce, Rachel ^a,b   Wallace, F Morgan ^a   Call, Jeffrey E ^a   Feder, Ingrid ^a   Tamplin, Mark ^a   Luchansky, John B ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTAMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

PULSED-FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

MICROORGANISMS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARCASS; CLONAL VARIATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FECES; PHYLOGENY; RIBOTYPING; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROTYPING; SOFTWARE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0038154160     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.7.4177-4182.2003     Document Type: Article

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