Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Escherichia coli isolated from untreated surface waters

Open Microbiology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-19

  Janezic, Kristopher J ^a   Ferry, Blake ^a   Hendricks, Eric W ^a   Janiga, Brian A ^a   Johnson, Tiffany ^a   Murphy, Samantha ^a   Roberts, Morgan E ^a   Scott, Sarah M ^a   Theisen, Alexandra N ^a   Hung, Kai F ^a   Daniel, Steven L ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D glucuronidase; Antibiotics; E. coli; Intimin; Multiplex PCR; Surface water

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; POLYMYXIN B; SULFONAMIDE; SURFACE WATER; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAEA GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HLYA GENE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE; UIDA GENE; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84875108092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18742858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874285801307010009     Document Type: Article

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