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Microbial source tracking by DNA sequence analysis of the Escherichia coli malate dehydrogenase gene.
Journal of microbiological methods - 1 Dec 2006
Ivanetich Kathryn M, Hsu Pei-hsin, Wunderlich Kathleen M, Messenger Evan, Walkup Ward G, Scott Troy M, Lukasik Jerzy, Davis Jerry
Abstract excerpt
Criteria for sub-typing of microbial organisms by DNA sequencing proposed by Olive and Bean were applied to several genes in Escherichia coli to identify targets for the development of microbial source tracking assays. Based on the aforementioned criteria, the icd (isocitrate dehydrogenase), and putP (proline permease) genes were excluded as potential targets due to their high rates of horizontal gene transfer;...
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