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Genotyping of human and porcine Yersinia enterocolitica, Yersinia intermedia, and Yersinia bercovieri strains from Switzerland by amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jun 2006
Boghenbor Kathrin Kuehni, On Stephen L W, Kokotovic Branko, Baumgartner Andreas, Wassenaar Trudy M, Wittwer Matthias, Bissig-Choisat Beatrice, Frey Joachim
Abstract excerpt
In this study, 231 strains of Yersinia enterocolitica, 25 strains of Y. intermedia, and 10 strains of Y. bercovieri from human and porcine sources (including reference strains) were analyzed using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), a whole-genome fingerprinting method for subtyping bacterial isolates. AFLP typing distinguished the different Yersinia species examined. Representatives of Y....
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