The population structure of Escherichia coli isolated from subtropical and temperate soils

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 417-418, Issue , 2012, Pages 273-279

  Byappanahalli, Muruleedhara N ^a   Yan, Tao ^b   Hamilton, Matthew J ^c   Ishii, Satoshi ^c,d   Fujioka, Roger S ^e   Whitman, Richard L ^a   Sadowsky, Michael J ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Autochthonous population; Biomes; DNA fingerprints; Indicator bacteria; Population structure; Soil environment

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHONOUS POPULATION; BIOMES; DNA FINGERPRINTS; INDICATOR BACTERIA; POPULATION STRUCTURES; SOIL ENVIRONMENT;

BACTERIA; DNA; LAKES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SOILS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BIOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVERSITY INDEX; GENOTYPE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL QUALITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TROPICS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HAWAII; INDIANA; MINNESOTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; INDIANA; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84857033971     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.041     Document Type: Article

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