Report of a strain of Staphylococcus caprae with the genes for enterotoxin A and enterotoxin-like toxin type P [1]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3476-3477

  Weir, Dawn ^a   Jones, Crosby ^a   Ammerman, Loren ^a   Dybdahl, Kim ^a   Tomlinson, Suzanne ^b  

^a ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN LIKE TOXIN TYPE P; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPRAE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; ENTEROTOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUPERANTIGENS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPRAE;

EID: 35348875483     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01068-07     Document Type: Letter

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