In vivo passage of Salmonella Typhimurium results in minor mutations in the bacterial genome and increases in vitro invasiveness
Abstract Eggs and raw or undercooked egg-containing food items are frequently identified as the bacterial source during epidemiolocal investigation of Salmonella outbreaks. Multi-locus variable number of tandem repeats analysis (MLVA) is a widely used Salmonella typing method enabling the study of d...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-09-01
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Series: | Veterinary Research |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13567-019-0688-1 |