Development of an allele-specific PCR for Escherichia coli B2 sub-typing, a rapid and easy to perform substitute of multilocus sequence typing

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-27

  Clermont, Olivier ^a,b   Christenson, Julia K ^c   Daubié, Anne Sophie ^a,d   Gordon, David M ^c   Denamur, Erick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Allele specific PCR; B2 phylogroup; B2 sub group; Escherichia coli; Sequence type complex

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84898611621     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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