Molecular Typing by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis of Spanish Animal and Human Listeria monocytogenes Isolates

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 5840-5843

  Vela, A I ^a   Fernandez Garayzabal, J F ^a   Vazquez, J A ^b   Latre, M V ^c   Blanco, M M ^a   Moreno, M A ^a   De La Fuente, L ^b   Marco, J ^d   Franco, C ^e   Cepeda, A ^e   Moure, A A Rodriguez ^c   Suarez, G ^a   Dominguez, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d Laboratorio Normativo de Salud Publica   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPAIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FEED; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMAN; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPAIN;

EID: 18044404537     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.12.5840-5843.2001     Document Type: Article

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