Prophage carriage and diversity within clinically relevant strains of Clostridium difficile

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 6027-6034

  Shan, Jinyu ^a   Patel, Krusha V ^a   Hickenbotham, Peter T ^a   Nale, Janet Y ^a   Hargreaves, Katherine R ^a   Clokie, Martha R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SPP; CANDIDATE GENES; CLINICAL STRAINS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GENETIC ELEMENTS; HIGH INCIDENCE; HOST STRAIN; MOLECULAR DATA; MOLECULAR MARKER; MORPHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS; PCR ANALYSIS; PCR PRIMERS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROPHAGES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIOPHAGES; GENES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CLOSTRIDIUM;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; DIVERGENCE; GENOME; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPHAGE; RIBOTYPING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOVIRIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPHAGES; RIBOTYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIPHOVIRIDAE; UNITED STATES; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 84866174355     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01311-12     Document Type: Article

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