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Development of a multilocus sequence typing scheme for the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2004
Curran Barry, Jonas Daniel, Grundmann Hajo, Pitt Tyrone, Dowson Christopher G
Abstract excerpt
A multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme has been developed for Pseudomonas aeruginosa which provides molecular typing data that are highly discriminatory and electronically portable between laboratories. MLST data confirm the data from previous studies that suggest that P. aeruginosa is best described as nonclonal but as having an epidemic population. The index of association was 0.17, indicating a freely...
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