Multilocus genotype analysis of Escherichia coli O157 Isolates from Australia and the United States provides evidence of geographic divergence

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 5050-5058

  Mellor, G E ^a   Besser, T E ^b   Davis, M A ^b   Beavis, B ^b   Jung, W ^b   Smith, H V ^c   Jennison, A V ^c   Doyle, C J ^c   Chandry, P S ^a   Gobius, K S ^a   Fegand, N ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENT EVOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; GENETIC INFORMATION; GENOTYPE ANALYSIS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; HUMAN POPULATION; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS;

GENES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

SHIGA TOXIN;

CATTLE; DATA ACQUISITION; FOOD QUALITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HEALTH IMPACT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; POLYMORPHISM; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSPOSON; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; SHIGA TOXINS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880997548     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01525-13     Document Type: Article

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