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Identification of common subpopulations of non-sorbitol-fermenting, beta-glucuronidase-negative Escherichia coli O157:H7 from bovine production environments and human clinical samples.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 2004
Yang Zhijie, Kovar Joy, Kim Jaehyoung, Nietfeldt Joseph, Smith David R, Moxley Rodney A, Olson Michael E, Fey Paul D, Benson Andrew K
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Non-sorbitol-fermenting, beta-glucuronidase-negative Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains are regarded as a clone complex, and populations from different geographical locations are believed to share a recent common ancestor. Despite their relatedness, high-resolution genotyping methods can detect sig...
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