Effects of repeated subculturing and prolonged storage at room temperature of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 on pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 3079-3081

  Iguchi, Atsushi ^a   Osawa, Ro ^a   Kawano, Junichi ^a   Shimizu, Akira ^a   Terajima, Jun ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD POISONING; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STORAGE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; SERIAL PASSAGE; TEMPERATURE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036701615     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.3079-3081.2002     Document Type: Article

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