Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for Bacteria of the Bacillus cereus Group

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 191-201

  Helgason, Erlendur ^a   Tourasse, Nicolas J ^a   Meisal, Roger ^a   Caugant, Dominique A ^b,c   Kolstø, Anne Brit ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Dental Faculty   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD PRODUCTS; GENES; SOILS;

MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING (MLST);

BACTERIOLOGY;

DNA; GENE PRODUCT;

ADK GENE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CCPA GENE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FTSA GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GLPT GENE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PYRE GENE; RECF GENE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SUCC GENE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHORESIS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0346500439     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.1.191-201.2004     Document Type: Article

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