Comparison of ribotyping and repetitive extragenic palindromic-PCR for identification of fecal Escherichia coli from humans and animals

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1836-1839

  Carson, C Andrew ^a   Shear, Brian L ^a   Ellersieck, Mark R ^a   Schnell, Jennifer D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; WATER POLLUTION;

DNA FINGERPRINTS; RIBOTYPING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIUM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FECES MICROFLORA; GENOTYPE; GOOSE; HORSE; HOST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIBOTYPING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; TURKEY (BIRD); WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIBOTYPING;

ANIMALIA; ANSER SP.; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUUS CABALLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; NEGIBACTERIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037337209     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.3.1836-1839.2003     Document Type: Article

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