Multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis as a tool to discern genetic relationships among strains of yersinia enterocolitica biovar 1A

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 875-884

  Gulati, P ^a   Varshney, R K ^b   Virdi, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; India; MLVA; VNTR; Yersinia enterocolitica

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA;

ANALYSIS MODELS; GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; INDIA; MLVA; REPEAT ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEATS; VARIABLE NUMBER; VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCES; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

CLONE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; POPULATION MODELING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MODEL; TANDEM REPEAT; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 68849116228     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04267.x     Document Type: Article

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