Virulence-associated gene profiling of Streptococcus suis isolates by PCR

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 117-127

  Silva, Luciana M G ^a   Baums, Christoph G ^a   Rehm, Thomas ^a   Wisselink, Henk J ^b   Goethe, Ralph ^a   Valentin Weigand, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cps; epf; Genotyping; mrp Variants; Multiplex PCR; sly

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DEIMINASE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SPECIES INVASION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ARCA; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 33646767413     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2005.12.013     Document Type: Article

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