Survey of genomic diversity among Enterococcus faecalis strains by microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2207-2217

  Aakra, Ågot ^a   Nyquist, O Ludvig ^a   Snipen, Lars ^a   Reiersen, Turid S ^a   Nes, Ingolf F ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; CARBOHYDRATES; ECOSYSTEMS; GENES; MICROARRAYS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HYBRIDIZATION; TEST STRAINS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARRAY; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMID; STRESS RESISTANCE; SURVEY;

ADAPTATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; STRESS;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 34247488728     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01599-06     Document Type: Article

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