Multilocus sequence typing of Campylobacter jejuni, and the correlation between clonal complex and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis macrorestriction profile

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 298, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-156

  McTavish, Sharla M ^a   Pope, Christopher E ^a   Nicol, Carolyn ^a   Campbell, Donald ^b   French, Nigel ^c   Carter, Philip E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b New Zealand Food Safety Authority   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; MLST; PFGE; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATTLE; CHICKEN MEAT; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUCK; GENE FREQUENCY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SHEEP; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DUCKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 68949201707     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01712.x     Document Type: Article

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