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The population structure and transmission of Escherichia coli in an isolated human community; studies on an Antarctic base.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Dec 1991
Tzabar Y, Pennington T H
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The population structure and transmission of Escherichia coli in a small group of individuals isolated for 26 weeks on an Antarctic base were studied by multilocus electrophoresis of eight enzymes and plasmid analysis. Two hundred and sixty-nine strains were isolated. They were grouped into 60 allozyme types (ETs). Half of these ETs were only isolated once; others were repeatedly isolated from single subjects....
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