Development of an O-antigen serotyping scheme for Cronobacter sakazakii

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2209-2214

  Sun, Yamin ^a,b   Wang, Min ^a,b   Liu, Hongbo ^d   Wang, Jingjing ^a,b   He, Xin ^a,b   Zeng, Jing ^e   Guo, Xi ^a,b   Li, Kun ^a,b   Cao, Boyang ^a,b   Wang, Lei ^a,b,c,d  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c TEDA   (China)

^d Tianjin Biochip Corporation   (China)

^e Beijing Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAINS; BANDING PATTERNS; O-ANTIGEN; O-ANTIGEN GENE CLUSTER; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; SEROTYPES; SEROTYPING;

GENES;

ANTIGENS;

ANTISERUM; BACTERIAL DNA; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; O ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIVITY; PATHOGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENES, BACTERIAL; IMMUNE SERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79953276783     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02229-10     Document Type: Article

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