Identification of common subpopulations of non-sorbitol-fermenting, β-glucuronidase-negative Escherichia coli O157:H7 from bovine production environments and human clinical samples

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 6846-6854

  Yang, Zhijie ^a   Kovar, Joy ^b   Kim, Jaehyoung ^a   Nietfeldt, Joseph ^a   Smith, David R ^a   Moxley, Rodney A ^a   Olson, Michael E ^c   Fey, Paul D ^c,d   Benson, Andrew K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b LI COR BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH-RESOLUTION GENOTYPING; LINEAGE-SPECIFIC POLYMORPHISM ASSAYS (LSPA); PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS;

BIOASSAY; DATA ACQUISITION; FERMENTATION; GENES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; SORBITOL;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CLONE; ECOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI 0157 H7; FERMENTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENOTYPE; GLUCURONIDASE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SORBITOL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 8744258835     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.11.6846-6854.2004     Document Type: Article

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