Clonal relationships among Escherichia coli serogroup O6 isolates based on RAPD

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 255-260

  Pacheco, Ana B F ^a   Guth, Beatriz E C ^b   Scares, Kellen C C ^a   De Almeida, Darcy F ^a   Ferreira, Luís C S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

clonal grouping; Escherichia coli; RAPD typing; serotype

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; TECHNIQUE;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SEROTYPING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030936922     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00045-1     Document Type: Article

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