Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of clostridium perfringens isolates from darmbrand cases in post-world war ii germany

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4354-4363

  Ma, Menglin ^a   Li, Jihong ^a   Mcclane, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRY BETA TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; SMALL ACID SOLUBLE PROTEIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD POISONING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEAT TOLERANCE; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, BACTERIAL; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 84870807008     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00818-12     Document Type: Article

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