Presence of pathogenicity island genes in Enterococcus faecalis isolates from pigs in Denmark

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4200-4203

  Shankar, Nathan ^a   Baghdayan, Arto S ^a   Willems, Rob ^b   Hammerum, Anette M ^c   Jensen, Lars B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DENMARK; DNA MICROARRAY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESP GENE; GENETIC MARKER; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 33750932787     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01218-06     Document Type: Article

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