Multilocus sequence typing of Enterococcus faecalis isolates demonstrating different lesion types in broiler breeders

Avian Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 435-440

  Gregersen, Rikke H ^a   Petersen, A ^b   Christensen, Henrik ^a   Bisgaard, Magne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AVES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 78650143693     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2010.517250     Document Type: Article

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