Multilocus sequence typing of Lactobacillus casei reveals a clonal population structure with low levels of homologous recombination

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 6601-6611

  Diancourt, Laure ^a   Passet, Virginie ^a   Chervaux, Christian ^b   Garault, Peggy ^b   Smokvina, Tamara ^b   Brisse, Sylvain ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b DANONE RESEARCH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; DNA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDES; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIVERSITY;

GENE EXPRESSION;

BACTERIUM; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECOMBINATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLONAL VARIATION; FUSA GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; ILES GENE; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LACTOBACILLUS ZEAE; LEPA GENE; LEUS GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PYRG GENE; RECA GENE; RECG GENE; RIBOTYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LACTOBACILLUS ZEAE;

EID: 35448962013     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01095-07     Document Type: Article

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