Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeats analysis of Listeria monocytogenes using multicolour capillary electrophoresis and comparison with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis typing

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-148

  Lindstedt, Bjørn Arne ^a   Tham, Wilhelm ^b   Danielsson Tham, Marie Louise ^b   Vardund, Traute ^a   Helmersson, Seved ^c   Kapperud, Georg ^a,d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Department of Restaurant and Culinary Arts ^*  (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capillary electrophoresis; Listeria monocytogenes; MLVA; Multicolour; VNTR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORWAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEDEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 38049121500     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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