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Isolation and characterization of intestinal Escherichia coli clones from wild boars in Germany.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2009
Schierack Peter, Römer Antje, Jores Jörg, Kaspar Heike, Guenther Sebastian, Filter Matthias, Eichberg Jürgen, Wieler Lothar H
Abstract excerpt
Our understanding of the composition of Escherichia coli populations in wild boars is very limited. In order to obtain insight into the E. coli microflora of wild boars, we studied E. coli isolates from the jejunums, ileums, and colons of 21 wild boars hunted in five geographic locations in Germany. Ten isolates per section were subjected to clonal determination using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. One...
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