Detection of Escherichia coli Serogroups O26 and O113 by PCR Amplification of the wzx and wzy Genes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1830-1832

  DebRoy, Chitrita ^a   Roberts, Elisabeth ^a   Kundrat, James ^a   Davis, Michael A ^a   Briggs, Connie E ^b   Fratamico, Pina M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BIOASSAY; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES;

INOCULATION; PCR ASSAYS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

GENE PRODUCT; O ANTIGEN; PROTEIN WZX; PROTEIN WZY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

APPLE JUICE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MALUS X DOMESTICA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1642324358     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.3.1830-1832.2004     Document Type: Article

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