Identification of sequence diversity in the Escherichia coli fliC genes encoding flagellar types H8 and H40 and its use in typing of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O8, O22, O111, O174, and O179 strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 333-339

  Beutin, Lothar ^a,b   Strauch, Eckhard ^b  

^a Centre for Infectiology and Pathogen Characterization   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; FLAGELLAR ANTIGEN H40; FLAGELLAR ANTIGEN H8; SHIGA TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CROSS REACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O111; ESCHERICHIA COLI O174; ESCHERICHIA COLI O179; ESCHERICHIA COLI O22; ESCHERICHIA COLI O8; FLIC GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33847038710     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01627-06     Document Type: Article

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