Phylogenetic analysis of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157, Germany, 1987-2008

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 610-616

  Jenke, Christian ^a   Harmsen, Dag ^b   Weniger, Thomas ^b   Rothgänger, Jörg ^c   Hyytiä Trees, Eija ^d   Bielaszewska, Martina ^a   Karch, Helge ^a   Mellmann, Alexander ^a  

^a Institute for Hygiene   (Germany)

^b Department of Periodontology ^*  (Germany)

^c Ridom GmbH   (Germany)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SORBITOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODIVERSITY; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GERMANY; MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NULL ALLELE; PHYLOGENY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77950674866     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1604.091361     Document Type: Article

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