Molecular characterization of Cronobacter lipopolysaccharide O-antigen gene clusters and development of serotype-specific PCR assays

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4017-4026

  Jarvis, K G ^a,b   Grim, C J ^a,b   Franco, A A ^a   Gopinath, G ^a   Sathyamoorthy, V ^a   Hu, L ^a   Sadowski, J A ^a   Lee, C S ^a   Tall, B D ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROBACTER; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; O-ANTIGEN; O-ANTIGEN GENE CLUSTER; PCR ASSAY; POLYMERASE GENES; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; SEROTYPES;

GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN;

ANTIGENS;

BACTERIAL DNA; O ANTIGEN; PRIMER DNA;

ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FRAGMENTATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; POLYSACCHARIDE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; EVALUATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII;

EID: 79960106313     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00162-11     Document Type: Article

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