Intraserotype diversity among Argentinian verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli detected by random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 545-549

  Krüger, Alejandra ^a   Padola, Nora L ^a   Parma, Alberto E ^a   Lucchesi, Paula M A ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional del Centre Pcia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O113:H21; ESCHERICHIA COLI O117:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI O171:H2; ESCHERICHIA COLI O174:H21; ESCHERICHIA COLI O20:H19; ESCHERICHIA COLI O91:H21; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; INTRASEROTYPE DIVERSITY; MEAT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEROTYPE; VEROCYTOTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ARGENTINA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; MEAT; O ANTIGENS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33646267441     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46343-0     Document Type: Article

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