Phylogenetic groups and pathogenicity island markers in fecal escherichia coli isolates from asymptomatic humans in china

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 6698-6700

  Li, Bin ^a   Sun, Jing Yong ^a   Han, Li Zhong ^a   Huang, Xin Hong ^b   Fu, Qiang ^b   Ni, Yu Xing ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINESE PEOPLE; PHYLOGENETIC GROUPS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL DNA;

FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL PELLET; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENETICS;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CARRIER STATE; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CHINA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78049247160     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00707-10     Document Type: Article

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