Comparison of a PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) assay to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to determine the effect of repeated subculture and prolonged storage on RFLP patterns of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3963-3968

  Shima, Kensuke ^a   Wu, Yuluo ^a   Sugimoto, Norihiko ^a   Asakura, Masahiro ^a   Nishimura, Kazuhiko ^a   Yamasaki, Shinji ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SHIGA TOXINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33750944391     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00717-06     Document Type: Article

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