Occurrence of putative pathogenicity islands in enterococci from distinct species and of differing origins

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 7271-7274

  Semedo Lemsaddek, Teresa ^a   Barreto Crespo, Maria Teresa ^b   Tenreiro, Rogério ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CLINICAL ISOLATES; CULTURE COLLECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; PCR AMPLIFICATION; REFERENCE STRAINS;

DAIRIES;

FECAL COLIFORM; HYBRIDIZATION; MILK; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EWE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MILK; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 70449337169     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00687-09     Document Type: Article

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