Distribution of sequence-based types of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 strains isolated from cooling towers, hot springs, and potable water systems in China

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2150-2157

  Qin, Tian ^a,b   Zhou, Haijian ^a,b   Ren, Hongyu ^a,b   Guan, Hong ^a   Li, Machao ^a,b   Zhu, Bingqing ^a,b   Shao, Zhujun ^a,b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Collaborative Innovation Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; COOLING; COOLING TOWERS; GENES; HOT SPRINGS; TOWERS; WATERWORKS;

GENETIC VARIATION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; POTABLE WATER SYSTEMS; SOUTH KOREA; WATER SOURCE; WATER SYSTEM;

POTABLE WATER;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; COOLING; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENETIC VARIATION;

CHINA; JAPAN; SOUTH KOREA;

BACTERIAL DNA; DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEROTYPING; THERMAL SPRING; VIROLOGY;

CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRINKING WATER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HOT SPRINGS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING;

EID: 84896051870     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03844-13     Document Type: Article

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