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Multi-locus Variable-number Tandem-repeat Analysis of the Fish-pathogenic Bacterium Yersinia ruckeri by Multiplex PCR and Capillary Electrophoresis
Published on: June 17, 2019
Comparison of multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis and multilocus sequence typing for differentiation of
Christian Jenke1, Björn Arne Lindstedt, Dag Harmsen
1Institute of Hygiene and National Consulting Laboratory for Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, University Hospital Münster, Robert-Koch-Strasse 41, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Abstract:
Multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) was compared to multilocus sequence typing (MLST) to differentiate hemolytic uremic syndrome-associated enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli strains. Although MLVA--like MLST--was highly discriminatory (index of diversity, 0.988 versus 0.984), a low level of concordance demonstrated the limited ability of MLVA to reflect long-term evolutionary events.
