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Diversity analysis of commensal porcine Escherichia coli - associations between genotypes and habitat in the porcine gastrointestinal tract.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Jun 2004
Dixit Sameer M, Gordon David M, Wu Xi-Yang, Chapman Toni, Kailasapathy Kaila, Chin James J-C
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Diversity studies of enteric Escherichia coli have relied almost entirely on faecal isolations on the assumption that they are representative of flora found throughout the gastrointestinal tract. The authors have addressed this belief by analysing isolates obtained from the duodenum, ileum, colon and faeces of pigs. E. coli isolates were obtained from eight pigs and characterized using multi-locus enzyme...
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