Genetic organization and preferential distribution of putative pilus gene clusters in Streptococcus suis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 132-139

  Takamatsu, Daisuke ^a   Nishino, Hiroto ^b   Ishiji, Tomono ^c   Ishii, Jun ^d   Osaki, Makoto ^a   Fittipaldi, Nahuel ^e   Gottschalk, Marcelo ^e   Tharavichitkul, Prasit ^f   Takai, Shinji ^g   Sekizaki, Tsutomu ^a,h  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Northern District Livestock Health and Hygiene Office   (Japan)

^c Seibu Livestock Hygiene Service Center   (Japan)

^d Himeji Livestock Hygiene Service Center   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^g KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multilocus sequence typing; Pilus gene cluster; Screening method; Streptococcus suis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SRTBCD PROTEIN; SRTE PROTEIN; SRTF PROTEIN; SRTG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; MARKER GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 67349125900     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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