Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b strains belonging to lineages I and III possess distinct molecular features

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 214-217

  Liu, Dongyou ^a   Lawrence, Mark L ^a   Gorski, Lisa ^b   Mandrell, Robert E ^b   Ainsworth, A Jerald ^a   Austin, Frank W ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHICKENS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT PRODUCTS; OSTREIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 30744477257     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.1.214-217.2006     Document Type: Article

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