Discriminatory potential of a novel set of Variable Number of Tandem Repeats for genotyping Mycobacterium marinum

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 200-204

  Sun, Gang ^a   Chen, Chao ^a,b   Li, Jing ^b   Gui, Xiaohong ^b   Li, Xueyuan ^c   Chen, Lin ^d   Peng, Feng ^d   Mei, Jian ^b   Gao, Qian ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c NINGBO NO 6 HOSPITAL   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Molecular epidemiology; Mycobacteria; Variable Number of Tandem Repeats; Virulence; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SURVIVAL TIME; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHINA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FISH DISEASES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; ZEBRAFISH;

AMPHIBIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; DANIO RERIO; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM;

EID: 79960408866     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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