Molecular characterization of the gene encoding H antigen in Escherichia coli and development of a PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism test for identification of E. coli O157:H7 and O157:NM

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1066-1070

  Fields, Patricia I ^a,c   Blom, Kristina ^a   Hughes, H Jeanette ^a   Helsel, Leta O ^a   Feng, Peter ^b   Swaminathan, Bala ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030949842     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.5.1066-1070.1997     Document Type: Article

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