Differentiation of highly virulent strains of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 according to glutamate dehydrogenase electrophoretic and sequence type

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3201-3207

  Kutz, Russell ^a   Okwumabua, Ogi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENOTYPE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION, MISSENSE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE DISEASES;

STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 53649085248     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02309-07     Document Type: Article

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