Multilocus Sequence Typing as a Replacement for Serotyping in Salmonella enterica

Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica is traditionally subdivided into serovars by serological and nutritional characteristics. We used Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) to assign 4,257 isolates from 554 serovars to 1092 sequence types (STs). The majority of the isolates and many STs were grouped...

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Main Authors: Achtman, Mark, Wain, John, Weill, François-Xavier, Nair, Satheesh, Zhou, Zhemin, Sangal, Vartul, Krauland, Mary G., Hale, James L., Harbottle, Heather, Uesbeck, Alexandra, Dougan, Gordon, Harrison, Lee H., Brisse, Sylvain
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3380943/