Phylogeny and Strain Typing of Escherichia coli, Inferred from Variation at Mononucleotide Repeat Loci

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2464-2473

  Diamant, Eran ^a   Palti, Yniv ^a,b   Gur Arie, Riva ^a   Cohen, Helit ^a   Hallerman, Eric M ^a,c   Kashi, Yechezkel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS;

PHYLOGENY; STRAIN TYPING;

MICROBIOLOGY;

PHYLOGENY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTYPING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

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

EID: 11844281973     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.4.2464-2473.2004     Document Type: Article

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