Subtyping of foodborne and environmental isolates of Escherichia coli by multiplex-PCR, rep-PCR, PFGE, ribotyping and AFLP

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 387-399

  Hahm, Byoung Kwon ^a   Maldonado, Yadilka ^a   Schreiber, Edgar ^b   Bhunia, Arun K ^a   Nakatsu, Cindy H ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

AFLP; Box PCR; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Multiplex PCR; PFGE; REP PCR; Ribotyping

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; SAMPLING; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0344406819     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(02)00259-2     Document Type: Article

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