Addition of neuA, the gene encoding N-acylneuraminate cytidylyl transferase, increases the discriminatory ability of the consensus sequence-based scheme for typing Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1965-1968

  Ratzow, Sandra ^a   Gaia, Valeria ^b   Helbig, Jürgen Herbert ^a   Fry, Norman K ^c   Lück, Paul Christian ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Instituto Cantonale di Microbiologia   (Switzerland)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLNEURAMINATE CYTIDYLYL TRANSFERASE; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GSPA GENE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEUA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPING; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACYLNEURAMINATE CYTIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING;

LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1;

EID: 34250678922     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00261-07     Document Type: Article

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