Evolutionary origin and radiation of the avian-adapted non-motile salmonellae.

doi:10.1099/00222615-38-2-129

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Evolutionary origin and radiation of the avian-adapted non-motile salmonellae.

Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Feb 1993

Li J, Smith N H, Nelson K, Crichton P B, Old D C, Whittam T S, Selander R K

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Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis was employed to estimate chromosomal genotypic diversity and relationships among 131 isolates of the non-motile Salmonella biotypes Gallinarum and Pullorum (serotype 1, 9, 12:-:-) that cause fowl typhoid and pullorum disease, respectively. Thirteen electrophoreti...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Birds
Cell Movement
DNA, Single-Stranded
Flagellin
Genetic Variation
Molecular Sequence Data
Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Genetic
Salmonella
Serotyping

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