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[Molecular genetic typing of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 isolated in town Verkhnyaya Pyshma using international standards].
Zhurnal mikrobiologii, epidemiologii i immunobiologii - 1 Jan 2000
Voronina O L, Lunin V G
Abstract excerpt
Strains of Legionella pneumophila Pyshma-1 and Pyshma-2 were typed according to the international standard - STB protocol developed by EGWLI. Allelic profile of the strains was determined. Identity of strains on the locus pilE, which codes protein important for virulence of bacterium, was shown. Close similarity of nucleotide sequences in Pyshma-1 and Pyshma-2 strains (mainly, 98-100%) was noted. Both strains...
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