Comparative genomic hybridization and physiological characterization of environment isolates indicate that significant (eco-)physiological properties are highly conserved in the species Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2052-2066

  Ihssen, Julian ^a,b   Grasselli, Elena ^c,d   Bassin, Claudio ^a   Fraçois, Patrice ^e   Piffaretti, Jean Claude ^c   Köster, Wolfgang ^a,f   Schrenzel, Jacques ^e   Egli, Thomas ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c Istituto Cantonale di Microbiologia   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMMENSAL ESCHERICHIA COLI; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34447500551     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2006/002006-0     Document Type: Article

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