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Effects of environmental stress on stability of tandem repeats in Escherichia coli O157:H7.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 May 2010
Cooley Michael B, Carychao Diana, Nguyen Kimberly, Whitehand Linda, Mandrell Robert
Abstract excerpt
Multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) is used for source tracking Escherichia coli O157:H7 in agricultural environments. Tandem repeats were stable after limited replication but changed after exposure to irradiation, elevated temperatures, and starvation conditions. The pO157 p...
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