Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) for Characterization of Enterobacter cloacae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Miyoshi Akiyama, Tohru ^a   Hayakawa, Kayoko ^a   Ohmagari, Norio ^a   Shimojima, Masahiro ^b   Kirikae, Teruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kawagoe shi   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY;

ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE;

ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING;

EID: 84878891677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066358     Document Type: Article

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