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Complexity of the genomic diversity in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 revealed by the combinational use of the O157 Sakai OligoDNA microarray and the Whole Genome PCR scanning.
DNA research : an international journal for rapid publication of reports on genes and genomes - 28 Feb 2006
Ogura Yoshitoshi, Kurokawa Ken, Ooka Tadasuke, Tashiro Kousuke, Tobe Toru, Ohnishi Makoto, Nakayama Keisuke, Morimoto Takuya, Terajima Jun, Watanabe Haruo, Kuhara Satoru, Hayashi Tetsuya
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli O157, an etiological agent of hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome, is one of the leading worldwide public health threats. Genome sequencing of two O157 strains have revealed that the chromosome is comprised of a 4.1 Mb backbone shared by K-12 and a total of 1.4 Mb O...
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