Differentiation of Clostridium botulinum serotype A strains by multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 875-882

  Macdonald, Thomas E ^a   Helma, Charles H ^a   Ticknor, Lawrence O ^a   Jackson, Paul J ^b   Okinaka, Richard T ^a   Smith, Leonard A ^c   Smith, Theresa J ^c   Hill, Karen K ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULISM OUTBREAKS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENOTYPES;

BIOMARKERS; DNA; POLYMORPHISM;

MICROBIOLOGY;

DNA; NEUROTOXIN; NEUROTOXIN A1; NEUROTOXIN A4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BOTULISM; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEROTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE A; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEROTYPING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES;

EID: 38949111526     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01539-07     Document Type: Article

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