Article
Association of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) elements with specific serotypes and virulence potential of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2014
Toro Magaly, Cao Guojie, Ju Wenting, Allard Marc, Barrangou Rodolphe, Zhao Shaohua, Brown Eric, Meng Jianghong
Abstract excerpt
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains (n = 194) representing 43 serotypes and E. coli K-12 were examined for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) arrays to study genetic relatedness among STEC serotypes. A subset of the strains (n = 81) was further analyzed for subtype I-E cas and virulence genes to determine a possible association of CRISPR elements with potential...
Topics
- Cluster Analysis
- Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Serotyping
- Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli
- Virulence Factors