Strains of Burkholderia cenocepacia genomovar IIIA possessing the cblA gene that are distinct from ET12

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-97

  Turton, Jane F ^a   O'Brien, Emily ^a   Megson, Brian ^a   Kaufmann, Mary E ^a   Pitt, Tyrone L ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkholderia cenocepacia; cblA; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Subtractive hybridization

Indexed keywords

MARKER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; BCRA GENE; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA GENOMOVAR IIIA; CBLA GENE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; GENE; HYBRIDIZATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 65649118887     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.01.013     Document Type: Letter

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