Comparative study using type strains and clinical and food isolates to examine hemolytic activity and occurrence of the cyl operon in enterococci

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2569-2576

  Semedo, Teresa ^a   Santos, Margarida Almeida ^b   Martins, Paula ^c   Silva Lopes, Maria Fátima ^b   Figueiredo Marques, José J ^c   Tenreiro, Rogério ^a   Barreto Crespo, Maria Teresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c Estacao Agronomica Nacional   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLYSIN; PRIMER DNA;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETA HEMOLYSIS; CHEESE; CYL OPERON; CYLA GENE; CYLB GENE; CYLLL GENE; CYLLS GENE; CYLM GENE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEMOLYSIS; HORSE; HUMAN; MILK; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TYPE STRAIN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; OVIS ARIES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038180549     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2569-2576.2003     Document Type: Article

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