Article
Genetic characterization of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates from ewes' milk, sheep farm environments, and humans by multilocus sequence typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 2013
Otero Verónica, Rodríguez-Calleja José-María, Otero Andrés, García-López María-Luisa, Santos Jesús A
Abstract excerpt
A collection of 81 isolates of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) was obtained from samples of bulk tank sheep milk (62 isolates), ovine feces (4 isolates), sheep farm environment (water, 4 isolates; air, 1 isolate), and human stool samples (9 isolates). The strains were considered atypical EPEC organisms, carrying the eae gene without harboring the pEAF plasmid. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was...
Topics
- Animals
- Cluster Analysis
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
- Environmental Microbiology
- Feces
- Genes, Essential
- Genotype
- Humans
- Milk