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Development of a multilocus sequence typing method for analysis of Listeria monocytogenes clones.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2003
Salcedo C, Arreaza L, Alcalá B, de la Fuente L, Vázquez J A
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This study is a first step in the development of multilocus sequence typing (MLST) method for Listeria monocytogenes. Nine housekeeping genes were analyzed in a set of 62 strains isolated from different sources and geographic locations in Spain. These strains were previously characterized by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Because of low diversity, two loci were discarded from the study. The sequence...
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