Genetic characterization of Escherichia coli populations from host sources of fecal pollution by using DNA fingerprinting

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2587-2594

  McLellan, Sandra L ^a   Daniels, Annette D ^a   Salmore, Alissa K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; WATER RESOURCES;

DENDROGRAMS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; FECAL COLIFORM; GENETIC ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ANIMALS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; VARIATION (GENETICS); WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038221147     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.5.2587-2594.2003     Document Type: Article

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