Taxonomy of the genus Listeria by using multilocus enzyme electrophoresis.

doi:10.1099/00207713-41-1-59

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Taxonomy of the genus Listeria by using multilocus enzyme electrophoresis.

International journal of systematic bacteriology - 1 Jan 1991

Boerlin P, Rocourt J, Piffaretti J C

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Seventy-three strains of the seven recognized Listeria species were studied by performing a multilocus enzyme electrophoresis analysis of 18 enzyme loci. The mean number of alleles per locus was 9.5 and all of the loci were polymorphic. A total of 56 electrophoretic types were distinguished. Clus...

Topics

Alleles
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Cluster Analysis
Enzymes
Listeria
Listeria monocytogenes

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