Diversity of Enterococcus cecorum from chickens

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 405-411

  Boerlin, Patrick ^a   Nicholson, Vivian ^a   Brash, Marina ^b   Slavic, Durda ^b   Boyen, Filip ^c   Sanei, Babak ^d   Butaye, Patrick ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

^e VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Chicken; Clone; Enterococcus cecorum; PFGE

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CHICKEN; CLONE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CECORUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BELGIUM; BIRD DISEASES; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CECUM; CHICKENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSTEOMYELITIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AVES; ENTEROCOCCUS CECORUM; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84860513961     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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