Genetic characterization of type A enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens strains

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Deguchi, Agi ^a   Miyamoto, Kazuaki ^a   Kuwahara, Tomomi ^b   Miki, Yasuhiro ^a   Kaneko, Ikuko ^a   Li, Jihong ^c   McClane, Bruce A ^c   Akimoto, Shigeru ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; PFOA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS EPSILON TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS EPSILON-TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS THETA TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS THETA-TOXIN; HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES MICROFLORA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; JAPAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS A;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROTOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 65949091604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005598     Document Type: Article

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