Clinical isolates of Yersinia enterocolitica Biotype 1A represent two phylogenetic lineages with differing pathogenicity-related properties

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sihvonen, Leila M ^a   Jalkanen, Kaisa ^a   Huovinen, Elisa ^a   Toivonen, Susanna ^b   Corander, Jukka ^c   Kuusi, Markku ^a   Skurnik, Mikael ^b,d   Siitonen, Anja ^a   Haukka, Kaisa ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Bayesian analysis of population structure; Human serum complement killing; LPS; MLST; Pathogenicity; Phage typing; Yersinia enterocolitica biotype 1A; yst genes

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 84866144645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-208     Document Type: Article

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