Characterization by Multilocus Enzyme Electrophoresis of Listeria Monocytogenes Isolates Involved in Ovine Listeriosis Outbreaks in Scotland from 1989 to 1991

Overview

Journal Appl Environ Microbiol

Specialties Environmental Health
Microbiology

Date 1993 Sep 1

PMID 16349052

Citations 2

Authors

F Baxter

F Wright

R M Chalmers

J C Low

W Donachie

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Abstract

Initial results from a study of five small ovine listeriosis outbreaks in Scotland in 1989 to 1991 are presented. Forty-eight isolates including three from silage were typed at 10 polymorphic enzyme loci by using multilocus enzyme electrophoresis resulting in the identification of 12 electrophoretic types. Phylogenetic analysis partitioned the 12 electrophoretic types into two statistically distinct divisions distinguishing 1/2a serotypes from non-1/2a serotypes.

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