Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> Reveals Hospital-Adapted Genetic Complexes in a Background of High Rates of Recombination

Ruíz-Garbajosa, Patricia; J. M. Bonten, Marc; Ashley Robinson, D.; Top, Janetta; R. Nallapareddy, Sreedhar; Torres, Cármen; M. Coque, Teresa; Cantón, Rafael; Baquero, Fernando; E. Murray, Barbara; del Campo, Rosa; J. L. Willems, Rob

doi:10.1128/jcm.02596-05

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Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for Enterococcus faecalis Reveals Hospital-Adapted Genetic Complexes in a Background of High Rates of Recombination

Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology • Jun 1, 2006

Authors:

Patricia Ruíz-Garbajosa

Marc J. M. Bonten

D. Ashley Robinson

Abstract

A multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme based on seven housekeeping genes was used to investigate the epidemiology and population structure of Enterococcus faecalis. MLST of 110 isolates from different sources and geographic locations revealed 55 different sequence types that grouped into four ma...

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Multilocus sequence typing

Housekeeping gene

Biology

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