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: Mark Achtman, John Wain, François-Xavier Weill, Satheesh Nair, Zhemin Zhou, Vartul Sangal, Mary G Krauland, James L Hale, Heather Harbottle, Alexandra Uesbeck, Gordon Dougan, Lee H Harrison, Sylvain Brisse, S. Enterica MLST Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22737074/?tool=EBI