Development of PCR assays targeting genes in O-antigen gene clusters for detection and identification of Escherichia coli O45 and O55 serogroups

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4919-4924

  DebRoy, Chitrita ^a   Fratamico, Pina M ^b   Roberts, Elisabeth ^a   Davis, Michael A ^a   Liu, Yanhong ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; BIOASSAY; ENZYMES; GENES; SAMPLING;

E COLI SEROGROUPS; O-ANTIGEN GENES; PCR ASSAYS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DNA; O ANTIGEN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 23744499302     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.8.4919-4924.2005     Document Type: Article

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