Insertion element IS3-based PCR method for subtyping Escherichia coli O157:H7

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1180-1184

  Thompson, Curt J ^a   Daly, Claire ^a   Barrett, Timothy J ^b   Getchell, Jane P ^a   Gilchrist, Mary J R ^a   Loeffelholz, Mike J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031970369     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.5.1180-1184.1998     Document Type: Article

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