Sample size, library composition, and genotypic diversity among natural populations of Escherichia coli from different animals influence accuracy of determining sources of fecal pollution

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 4478-4485

  Johnson, LeeAnn K ^a,b   Brown, Mary B ^a   Carruthers, Ethan A ^a   Ferguson, John A ^a   Dombek, Priscilla E ^a   Sadowsky, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CORRELATION METHODS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES;

GEESE; GENOTYPES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

PALINDROMIC DNA;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAT; CHICKEN; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COW; DEER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOG; DUCK; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOAT; GOOSE; HORSE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP; SWINE; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; CATS; CATTLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; GENE LIBRARY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SAMPLE SIZE; VARIATION (GENETICS); WATER POLLUTION;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; ANSER; ANSER SP.; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CERVIDAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 4143115645     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.8.4478-4485.2004     Document Type: Article

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