Characterization of a Yersinia enterocolitica biotype 1A strain harbouring an ail gene

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 997-1005

  Kraushaar, B ^a   Dieckmann, R ^a   Wittwer, M ^b   Knabner, D ^a   Konietzny, A ^a   Made D ^c   Strauch, E ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^b SPIEZ LABORATORY   (Switzerland)

^c State Office for Consumer Protection Sachsen Anhalt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ail diversity; MALDI TOF mass spectrometry; Pathogenic biotypes; PFGE; Shrinkage discriminant analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AIL DIVERSITY; GENOTYPIC METHOD; MALDI TOF MS; MALDI-TOF MASS SPECTROMETRY; PATHOGENIC BIOTYPE; PATHOGENIC STRAINS; PATHOGENICS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHRINKAGE DISCRIMINANT ANALYSE; VIRULENCE GENE;

SHRINKAGE;

BACTERIUM; BIOTYPE; CHROMOSOME; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTROKINESIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

AIL GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE; WHOLE CELL; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA BIOTYPE 1A;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 80052818416     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05112.x     Document Type: Article

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