Sequence analysis of the Escherichia coli O15 antigen gene cluster and development of a PCR assay for rapid detection of intestinal and extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli O15 strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 703-710

  Beutin, Lothar ^a   Tao, Jiang ^b   Feng, Lu ^b   Krause, Gladys ^a   Zimmermann, Sonja ^a   Gleier, Kerstin ^a   Xia, Qiuyu ^b   Wang, Lei ^b,c  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Tianjin Biochip Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; FLAGELLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLIC GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPING; WZX GENE; WZY GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 13844276549     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.703-710.2005     Document Type: Article

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