Characterization of a tandem repeat polymorphism in Legionella pneumophila and its use for genotyping

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1819-1826

  Pourcel, Christine ^a   Vidgop, Y ^a   Ramisse, F ^b   Vergnaud, G ^a,b   Tram, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES DU BOUCHET   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; WATER SAMPLING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0038629278     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.1819-1826.2003     Document Type: Article

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