title: Multilocus enzyme electrophoretic (MEE) analysis of Australian isolates of Salmonella enteritidis.
abstract: Seventy-three Australian isolates of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) were analysed by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (MEE) using a polyacrylamide gel system. Analysis of 11 enzyme loci identified eight electrophoretic types (ETs), with 61 of the isolates assigned to ET1, and 72 isolates considered to represent a clonal lineage. Representative isolates of each of the Australian ETs were then compared with isolates from England, Germany and the United States, using a starch gel system and 13 enzyme loci. The overseas isolates formed a single ET with representatives of the major Australian ET. It is concluded that Australian isolates of SE are closely related genetically to those from countries in which egg-borne transmission is common.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia. julian.cox@unsw.edu.au
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Story
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bowles
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Woolcock
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001315:Australia; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel / Q000379:methods; D004798:Enzymes / Q000235:genetics; D005516:Food Microbiology; D014644:Genetic Variation; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes