Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of Escherichia coli O157 isolates from Kansas feedlots

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-258

  Sargeant, J M ^a,b   Shi, X ^a   Sanderson, M W ^a   Renter, D G ^a   Nagaraja, T G ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GENOTYPE; KANSAS; PREVALENCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33749486034     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2006.3.251     Document Type: Article

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