Predicting genome variations between passages of Clostridium difficle by ribotypes
Volker Gürtler
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School of Applied Science
RMIT University
Bundoora, Vic. 3152, Australia
Email: volkergurtler@gmail.com
Microbiology Australia 36(3) 109-110 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA15038
Published: 11 August 2015
Abstract
Ribotyping is the most widely used method for differentiating strains of Clostridium difficile for epidemiological studies and infection control. Recently there have been calls for standardisation of the technique to which sophisticated technical solutions have been offered. This note offers a solution for standardisation based on conserved rrn operon Type-specific flanking genes. Furthermore, this technique can be used to detect Type-specific rrn operon deletions in passages from a single strain of C. difficile
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