Pathogenic potential, genetic diversity, and population structure of Escherichia coli strains isolated from a forest-dominated watershed (Comox Lake) in British Columbia, Canada

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1788-1798

  Chandran, Abhirosh ^a   Mazumder, Asit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; HEALTH RISKS; LAKES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POTABLE WATER; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; ENTEROPATHOGENIC E. COLI; FINGERPRINT ANALYSIS; HEAT-LABILE ENTEROTOXIN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCES; POPULATION STRUCTURES; SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING E. COLI; UNTREATED SURFACE WATER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIUM; DIVERSITY INDEX; DRINKING WATER; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE; WATERSHED;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COMOX LAKE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOREST; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAKE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; SEASON;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FORESTS; GENETIC VARIATION; LAKES; MOLECULAR TYPING; SEASONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84922946327     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03738-14     Document Type: Article

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