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. 1996 Jan;34(1):202–204. doi: 10.1128/jcm.34.1.202-204.1996

Comparison of ribotyping and genome fingerprinting of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis patients.

T Bennekov 1, H Colding 1, B Ojeniyi 1, M W Bentzon 1, N Høiby 1
PMCID: PMC228762  PMID: 8748305

Abstract

Forty Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains, previously characterized by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, were ribotyped with EcoRI, BamHI, ClaI, and PvuII. Ribotyping with PvuII proved to be as discriminatory as pulsed-field gel electrophoresis with XbaI or DraI while EcoRI and BamHI were not. ClaI contributed further ribotypes, some of which might be due to a transposable element.

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