Development and application of Multiple-Locus Variable Number of tandem repeat Analysis (MLVA) to subtype a collection of Listeria monocytogenes

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-194

  Murphy, Mary ^a,b   Corcoran, Deborah ^c   Buckley, James F ^a   O'Mahony, Micheál ^d   Whyte, Paul ^b   Fanning, Séamus ^b  

^a Forward Planning and Strategic Development   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Department of Chemistry   (Ireland)

^d FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

food borne pathogen; Listeria monocytogenes; MLVA; Subtyping Listeria monocytogenes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; IRELAND; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 33847642175     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.10.022     Document Type: Article

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