Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis as a tool for Subtyping Listeria monocytogenes strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1435-1450

  Volpe Sperry, Katharine E ^a   Kathariou, Sophia ^a   Edwards, Justin S ^a   Wolf, Leslie A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TANDEM REPEAT; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 42449121731     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02207-07     Document Type: Article

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