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Discriminatory genomic fingerprinting of Legionella pneumophila by pulsed-field electrophoresis. |
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| Authors: | W M Johnson K Bernard T J Marrie S D Tyler |
| Abstract: | Eight strains of Legionella pneumophila were used to optimize cleavage of DNA with BssHII, SalI, or SpeI and separation by pulsed-field electrophoresis. Isolates from a community outbreak involving a contaminated hot tub were genomically identical. Cleavage patterns were distinctly different for unrelated environmental and nosocomial strains from a single hospital. |
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