Multilocus sequence typing of enterococcus faecalis from vegetable foods reveals two new sequence types

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-327

  Burgos, Maria José Grande ^a   López, Rosario Lucas ^a   Abriouel, Hikmate ^a   Omar, Nabil Ben ^a   Galvez, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETABLE;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VEGETABLES;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 63849335851     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2008.0169     Document Type: Article

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