Rapid PFGE method for fingerprinting of Serratia marcescens isolates

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 238-241

  Alaidan, Alwaleed ^a   Bohol, Marie Fe ^a   Al Thawadi, Sahar I ^a   Al Suwaine, Abdulrahman ^a   Al Qahtani, Ahmed A ^a   Al Ahdal, Mohammed N ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE); Serratia marcescens; Typing

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 67650108542     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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