Typing of Clostridium perfringens by multiple-locus variable number of tandem repeats analysis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 126-135

  Chalmers, G ^a   Martin, S W ^a   Prescott, J F ^a   Boerlin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Multiple locus variable number of tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHROMOSOME; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIPLE LOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ROBOTICS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CATS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA PRIMERS; DOGS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 38849084528     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.09.018     Document Type: Article

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