Evidence for rare capsular switching in Streptococcus agalactiae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1361-1369

  Martins, Elisabete Raquel ^a   Melo Cristino, José ^a   Ramirez, Mário ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE TRANSFER; GENOTYPE; IN VIVO STUDY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ADULT; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 77749292150     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01130-09     Document Type: Article

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