Absence of Escherichia coli phylogenetic group B2 strains in humans and domesticated animals from Jeonnam Province, Republic of Korea

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 5659-5666

  Unno, Tatsuya ^a   Han, Dukki ^a   Jang, Jeonghwan ^a   Lee, Sun Nim ^a   Ko, GwangPyo ^b   Ha, Young Choi ^c   Joon, Ha Kim ^a   Sadowsky, Michael J ^d   Hur, Hor Gil ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Cheomdan General Hospital   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEEF CATTLE; DNA FRAGMENT; E. COLI; MULTIPLEX PCR; PHYLOGENETIC GROUPS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH KOREA; VIRULENCE GENE;

ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MULTIPLEXING; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

GENES;

DNA FRAGMENT; FRESH WATER;

CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; FECES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOMINID; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEEF CATTLE; CHICKEN; DAIRY CATTLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DUCK; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOOSE; HOST; HUMAN; KOREA; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; GEESE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KOREA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH CHOLLA; SOUTH KOREA;

ANIMALIA; ANSER; BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 69449090354     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00443-09     Document Type: Article

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