Discrimination of d-tartrate-fermenting and -nonfermenting Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica isolates by genotypic and phenotypic methods

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4292-4297

  Malorny, Burkhard ^a   Bunge, Cornelia ^a   Helmuth, Reiner ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD ACETATE; TARTARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATION TRANSPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FERMENTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LEAD ACETATE TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; START CODON; STM 3356 GENE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BASE SEQUENCE; FERMENTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TARTRATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR PARATYPHI B;

EID: 0042921205     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4292-4297.2003     Document Type: Article

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