Mutators and long-term molecular evolution of pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 615-617

  Whittam, Thomas S ^a   Reid, Sean D ^a   Selander, Robert K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031729225     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0404.980411     Document Type: Review

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