Determination of flagellar types by PCR-RFLP analysis of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) strains isolated from animals in São Paulo, Brazil

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-23

  Ayala, Claudia de Oliveira ^a   Ramos Moreno, Ana Carolina ^a   Martinez, Marina Baquerizo ^a   Burgos, Ylanna Kelner ^a   Pestana de Castro, Antonio Fernando ^a   Bando, Silvia Yumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Domestic animals; Escherichia coli; Flagellin; H antigen; Molecular typing; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; FLAGELLIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLIC GENE; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STOP CODON; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HAPLORHINI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 83955165987     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2010.10.025     Document Type: Article

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