Multilocus sequence typing and FlaA sequencing reveal the genetic stability of Campylobacter jejuni enrichment during coculture with Acanthamoeba polyphaga

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2477-2479

  Griekspoor, Petra ^a   Olofsson, Jenny ^a,b   Axelsson Olsson, Diana ^a   Waldenström, Jonas ^a,b   Olsen, Björn ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONVENTIONAL CULTURE METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; GENETIC STABILITY; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA;

FLAA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; FLAGELLIN;

BACTERIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING;

ACANTHAMOEBA; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; FLAGELLIN; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING;

ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 84875513333     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02918-12     Document Type: Article

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