Article
PCR-based rapid genotyping of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolates.
BMC microbiology - 24 Nov 2008
Roscetto Emanuela, Rocco Francesco, Carlomagno M Stella, Casalino Mariassunta, Colonna Bianca, Zarrilli Raffaele, Di Nocera Pier Paolo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: All bacterial genomes contain repetitive sequences which are members of specific DNA families. Such repeats may occur as single units, or found clustered in multiple copies in a head-to-tail configuration at specific loci. The number of clustered units per locus is a strain-defining parameter. Assessing the length variability of clusters of repeats is a versatile typing methodology known as multilocus...
Topics
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Genome, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Stenotrophomonas maltophilia