Multi-virulence-locus sequence typing identifies single nucleotide polymorphisms which differentiate epidemic clones and outbreak strains of Listeria monocytogenes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 835-846

  Chen, Yi ^a   Zhang, Wei ^b   Knabel, Stephen J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 33947252883     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01575-06     Document Type: Article

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