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The population structure of Escherichia coli isolated from subtropical and temperate soils.
The Science of the total environment - 15 Feb 2012
Byappanahalli Muruleedhara N, Yan Tao, Hamilton Matthew J, Ishii Satoshi, Fujioka Roger S, Whitman Richard L, Sadowsky Michael J
Abstract excerpt
While genotypically-distinct naturalized Escherichia coli strains have been shown to occur in riparian soils of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior watersheds, comparative analyses of E. coli populations in diverse soils across a range of geographic and climatic conditions have not been investigated. The main objectives of this study were to: (a) examine the population structure and genetic relatedness of E. coli...
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