Comparison and utilization of repetitive-element PCR techniques for typing Lactobacillus isolates from the chicken gastrointestinal tract

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 6764-6776

  Stephenson, David P ^a   Moore, Robert J ^b   Allison, Gwen E ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA CONCENTRATION; ERIC-PCR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HIGH-RESOLUTION METHODS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS SPECIES; NECROTIC ENTERITIS; PCR TECHNIQUES; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIFIC PROFILE;

ELECTROPHORESIS; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

STRAIN;

BIRD; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DNA; DOMESTIC SPECIES; ELECTROKINESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIAL REPETITIVE INTERGENIC CONSENSUS POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GTG POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPETITIVE ELEMENT POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHICKENS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENOTYPE; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GALLUS GALLUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS GALLINARUM; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI;

EID: 70350520168     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01150-09     Document Type: Article

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