Genetic relatedness of a non-motile variant O157 enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strain and E. coli strains belonging to pathogenic related groups

Microbiological Research

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-233

  Regua Mangia, A H ^a   C Andrade, J R ^b   M Gonzalez, A G ^c   Zahner, V ^a   F Cerqueira, A M ^c   Teixeira, L M ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diversity; Genetic markers; O157 EPEC; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PATHOGENS; STRAIN;

GENETIC MARKERS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VIRULENCE;

BIOMARKERS;

ALLELE; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTROKINESIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; PATHOGEN; POLYMORPHISM; RELATEDNESS; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 39449105431     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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