TYPING OF LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1 BY SBT, MLVA AND SPOLIGOTYPING

Introduction: The current typing method of Legionella pneumophila recommended by the European EWGLI Consortium is a multi locus sequence typing (MLST)-like protocol called sequence-based typing (SBT).This approach is highly portable and widely used to perform epidemiological surveys and outbreak investigation. Recent studies have demonstrated the values of using the multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA) and the diversity of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-based typing technique (Spoligotyping) as genotyping markers. In this study we used these three methods for typing the L. pneumpophila isolates and for investigating the origi…

RESISTENZA NATURALE DI DIVERSE SPECIE LEGNOSE AGLI ATTACCHI DI RETICULITERMES LUCIFUGUS (ISOPTERA, RHINOTERMITIDAE)