Multilocus sequence typing system for group B streptococcus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2530-2536

  Jones, Nicola ^a   Bohnsack, John F ^d   Takahashi, Shinji ^e   Oliver, Karen A ^a   Chan, Man Suen ^a   Kunst, Frank ^f   Glaser, Philippe ^f   Rusniok, Christophe ^f   Crook, Derrick W M ^a   Harding, Rosalind M ^b   Bisharat, Naiel ^a   Spratt, Brian G ^c  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e Joshi Eiyoh University   (Japan)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLONE; DNA RESTRICTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INTERNET; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 0038519412     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2530-2536.2003     Document Type: Article

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