Genome analysis of Legionella ssp. by orthogonal field alternation gel electrophoresis (OFAGE).

doi:10.1016/0378-1097(90)90313-f

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Genome analysis of Legionella ssp. by orthogonal field alternation gel electrophoresis (OFAGE).

FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Nov 1990

Bender L, Ott M, Marre R, Hacker J

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Various Legionella isolates from different sources and origins were analysed by orthogonal field alternation gel electrophoresis of NotI cleaved genomic DNA. The genome of L. pneumophila Philadelphia I, the original isolate of the epidemics in 1976, exhibits only five NotI fragments. Two virulent...

Topics

Biological Evolution
Culture Media
DNA, Bacterial
Electrophoresis
Genetic Variation
Humans
Legionella
Virulence

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