Amplification of a single-locus variable-number direct repeats with restriction fragment length polymorphism (DR-PCR/RFLP) for genetic typing of Acinetobacter baumannii strains

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-17

  Nowak Zaleska, Alicja ^a   Krawczyk, Beata ^b   Kotłowski, Roman ^b   Mikucka, Agnieszka ^c   Gospodarek, Eugenia ^c  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT   (Poland)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; DR PCR RFLP; Nosocomial infections; REA PFGE; Repeated sequences

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; ENDONUCLEASE; REPETITIVE DNA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EVALUATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 44349121877     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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