Use of repetitive DNA sequences and the PCR to differentiate Escherichia coli isolates from human and animal sources

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2572-2577

  Dombek, Priscilla E ^a   Johnson, Leeann K ^a   Zimmerley, Sara T ^a   Sadowsky, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; ANSER; ANSER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0034130242     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.6.2572-2577.2000     Document Type: Article

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