Draft genome sequences of the type strains of Shigella flexneri held at Public Health England: Comparison of classical phenotypic and novel molecular assays with whole genome sequence

Gut Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ashton, Philip M ^a   Baker, Kate S ^b   Gentle, Amy ^a   Wooldridge, David J ^a   Thomson, Nicholas R ^b   Dallman, Timothy J ^a   Jenkins, Claire ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Molecular serotyping; Next generation sequencing technology; Shigella flexneri type strains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898721347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17574749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-4749-6-7     Document Type: Article

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