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SUBMITTER: Tasteyre A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC87348 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tasteyre A A Karjalainen T T Avesani V V Delmée M M Collignon A A Bourlioux P P Barc M C MC
Journal of clinical microbiology 20000901 9
Phenotypic and genotypic diversity of the flagellin gene (fliC) of Clostridium difficile was studied in 47 isolates from various origins belonging to the serogroups A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I, K, X, and S3. Electron microscopy revealed 17 nonflagellated strains and 30 flagellated strains. PCR and reverse transcription-PCR demonstrated that the flagellin gene was present in all strains and that the fliC gene was expressed in both flagellated and nonflagellated strains. Southern blotting showed the pr ...[more]