Typing of Listeria monocytogenes strains by repetitive element sequence- based PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-109

  Jersek B ^a,c   Gilot, P ^b   Gubina, M ^c   Klun, N ^d   Mehle, J ^c   Tcherneva, E ^e   Rijpens, N ^a   Herman, L ^a  

^a Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek Gent CLO / Centre de Recherches Agronomiques Gand   (Belgium)

^b Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology of Brussels   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^e Ctrl Res Vet Medical Institute   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0344197568     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.1.103-109.1999     Document Type: Article

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