Identification of Fecal Escherichia coli from Humans and Animals by Ribotyping

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1503-1507

  Carson, C Andrew ^a   Shear, Brian L ^a   Ellersieck, Mark R ^a   Asfaw, Amha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RIBOTYPING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 0035320662     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.4.1503-1507.2001     Document Type: Article

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