Phenotypic and genotypic heterogeneity of Enterococcus species isolated from food in Southern Brazil

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-37

  Riboldi, Gustavo Pelicioli ^a   De Mattos, Eduardo Preusser ^a   Frazzon, Ana Paula Guedes ^a   D'Azevedo, Pedro Alves ^b   Frazzon, Jeverson ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enterococcus spp.; Food source; PCR RAPD fingerprinting

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOOD CONTROL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 41949116925     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200700226     Document Type: Article

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