Listeria monocytogenes subgroups IIIA, IIIB, and IIIC delineate genetically distinct populations with varied pathogenic potential

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4229-4233

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

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHAMNOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 33750945680     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01032-06     Document Type: Article

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