Extensive horizontal gene transfer in ureaplasmas from humans questions the utility of serotyping for diagnostic purposes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2818-2826

  Xiao, Li ^a   Paralanov, Vanya ^c   Glass, John I ^c   Duffy, Lynn B ^a   Robertson, Janet A ^d   Cassell, Gail H ^e   Chen, Yuying ^b   Waites, Ken B ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREGNANCY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEROTYPING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 79960967352     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00637-11     Document Type: Article

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