Article
Genetic variability among Chlamydia trachomatis reference and clinical strains analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 1994
Rodriguez P, Allardet-Servent A, de Barbeyrac B, Ramuz M, Bebear C
Abstract excerpt
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) was applied to Chlamydia trachomatis reference strains representing each of the 18 serovars and to 29 clinical isolates from genital specimens collected in Bordeaux, France, or Malmö, Sweden. Comparison of the fingerprint patterns of the reference strains revealed a high level of polymorphism of the total DNA when SmaI was used (14 profiles), whereas the other enzymes,...
Topics
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA Restriction Enzymes
- DNA, Bacterial
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Humans
