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. 1993 Dec;31(12):3317–3319. doi: 10.1128/jcm.31.12.3317-3319.1993

Discrimination of epidemic and sporadic isolates of Arcobacter butzleri by polymerase chain reaction-mediated DNA fingerprinting.

P Vandamme 1, B A Giesendorf 1, A van Belkum 1, D Pierard 1, S Lauwers 1, K Kersters 1, J P Butzler 1, H Goossens 1, W G Quint 1
PMCID: PMC266416  PMID: 8308127

Abstract

DNA polymorphisms of Arcobacter butzleri outbreak-related strains and Arcobacter reference strains were determined by use of the polymerase chain reaction with primers aimed at repetitive sequences. The epidemiological relationship among 14 outbreak-related strains was substantiated, as they showed virtually no genomic variations. Their DNA amplification patterns were, however, clearly different from those of all Arcobacter reference strains studied; each reference strain was characterized by a unique DNA fingerprint.

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