Signature-tagged transposon mutagenesis studies demonstrate the dynamic nature of cecal colonization of 2-week-old chickens by Campylobacter jejuni

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 8031-8041

  Grant, Andrew J ^a   Coward, Christopher ^a   Jones, Michael A ^b   Woodall, Claire A ^a   Barrow, Paul A ^b   Maskell, Duncan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHROMOSOMES; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRAIN;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; MUTANTS; SIGNATURE-TAGGED MUTAGENESIS (STM);

MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; POULTRY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CECUM; CHICKEN; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNATURE TAGGED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CECUM; CHICKENS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMIDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIAS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 29144473841     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.12.8031-8041.2005     Document Type: Article

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