Characterization of the cryptic Escherichia lineages: Rapid identification and prevalence

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2468-2477

  Clermont, Olivier ^a,b   Gordon, David M ^c   Brisse, Sylvain ^d   Walk, Seth T ^e   Denamur, Erick ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIRDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80052613392     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02519.x     Document Type: Article

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