Rapid categorization of pathogenic Escherichia coli by multiplex PCR

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 485-492

  Kimata, Keiko ^a   Shima, Tomoko ^a   Shimizu, Miwako ^a   Tanaka, Daisuke ^a   Isobe, Junko ^a   Gyobu, Yotaku ^a   Watahiki, Masanori ^a   Nagai, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a TOYAMA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli; Multiplex PCR

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN;

AGGR GENE; ARTICLE; ASTA GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BFPA GENE; CVD432 GENE; DIARRHEA; EAEA GENE; EAF GENE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELT GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTH GENE; ESTP GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INVE GENE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE;

ASTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 21744444753     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2005.tb03752.x     Document Type: Article

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