Association of nucleotide polymorphisms within the o-antigen gene cluster of escherichia coli O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, and O145 with serogroups and genetic subtypes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 6689-6703

  Norman, Keri N ^a   Strockbine, Nancy A ^b   Bono, James L ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAINS; DNA SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICES; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; MALDI-TOF; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION; NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; O-ANTIGEN GENE CLUSTER; SEROGROUPS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; VIRULENCE GENE;

ANTIGENS; DNA SEQUENCES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEOTIDES;

GENES;

BACTERIAL DNA; O ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DISEASE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYMORPHISM; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84866181134     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01259-12     Document Type: Article

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