Multilocus sequence-based analysis delineates a clonal population of Agrobacterium (Rhizobium) radiobacter (Agrobacterium tumefaciens) of human origin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2608-2618

  Aujoulat, Fabien ^a   Jumas Bilak, Estelle ^a   Masnou, Agnès ^a   Sallé, Fanny ^a   Faure, Denis ^b   Segonds, Christine ^c   Marchandin, Hélène ^a,d   Teyssier, Corinne ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CHU PURPAN   (France)

^d HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 79956100469     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00107-11     Document Type: Article

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