DISCRIMINATORY GENOMIC FINGERPRINTING OF LEGIONELLA-PNEUMOPHILA BY PULSED-FIELD ELECTROPHORESIS

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作者
JOHNSON, WM
BERNARD, K
MARRIE, TJ
TYLER, SD
机构
[1] DALHOUSIE UNIV,DEPT MICROBIOL,HALIFAX,NS,CANADA
[2] DALHOUSIE UNIV,DEPT MED,HALIFAX,NS,CANADA
[3] VICTORIA GEN HOSP,HALIFAX B3H 2Y9,NS,CANADA
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10.1128/JCM.32.10.2620-2621.1994
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Eight strains of Legionella pneumophila were used to optimize cleavage of DNA with BssHII, SalI, or SpeI and separation by pulsed-field electrophoresis. Isolates from a community outbreak involving a contaminated hot tub were genomically identical. Cleavage patterns were distinctly different for unrelated environmental and nosocomial strains from a single hospital.
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页码:2620 / 2621
页数:2
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