Genetic diversity of Clostridium sporogenes PA 3679 isolates obtained from different sources as resolved by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and high-throughput sequencing

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 384-393

  Schill, Kristin M ^a   Wang, Yun ^a   Butler, Robert R ^b   Pombert, Jean François ^b   Rukma Reddy, N ^a   Skinner, Guy E ^a   Larkin, John W ^a,c  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLOSTRIDIUM; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; RNA;

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCING; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

ELECTROKINESIS; FOOD PROCESSING; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM; RNA; SPONGE;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL SPORE; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; FOOD CONTROL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPORES, BACTERIAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84953897337     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02616-15     Document Type: Article

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