Heterogeneity of uidA gene in environmental Escherichia coli populations

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-304

  Lasalde, Clarivel ^a   Rodriguez, Roberto ^a   Smith, Henry H ^b   Toranzos, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental E. coli; Microbial diversity; Tropical ecology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 27744495039     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2005.041     Document Type: Article

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