Validation of ten new polymorphic tandem repeat loci and application to the MLVA typing of Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates collected in Singapore from 1988 to 2004

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-301

  Michelle Wong Su Yen, ^a   Lisanti, Olivier ^b   Thibault, François ^c   Toh Su San, ^a   Loh Gek Kee, ^a   Hilaire, Valérie ^b   Jiali, Lim ^a   Neubauer, Heinrich ^d   Vergnaud, Gilles ^e,f   Ramisse, Vincent ^b  

^a DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES DU BOUCHET   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^f DGA/D4S Mission pour la Recherche et l'Innovation Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial diversity; Burkholderia mallei; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Epidemiology; Forensic microbiology; Genotyping; Melioidosis; MLVA; Multiple locus VNTR analysis; Singapore; Variable number of tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; GENOTYPE; INTERNET; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SINGAPORE; VALIDATION STUDY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SINGAPORE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 67349283107     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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