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Strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7 differ primarily by insertions or deletions, not single-nucleotide polymorphisms.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Apr 2002
Kudva Indira T, Evans Peter S, Perna Nicole T, Barrett Timothy J, Ausubel Frederick M, Blattner Frederick R, Calderwood Stephen B
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli O157:H7 (O157) strains demonstrate varied pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns following XbaI digestion, which enable epidemiological surveillance of this important human pathogen. The genetic events underlying PFGE differences between strains, however, are not defined. We i...
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