Population structure and distribution of virulence-related genes of Bacteroides fragilis isolates from Korea and Japan

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 340-343

  Ko, Kwan Soo ^a,b,c   Kuwahara, Tomomi ^d   Lee, Kyungwon ^e   Kook, Yoon Hoh ^f  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID)   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacteroides fragilis; Multilocus gene analysis; Recombination

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; KOREA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 67349237924     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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