Article
Clonal relationships and variation in virulence among Escherichia coli strains of avian origin.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 May 1993
White D G, Dho-Moulin M, Wilson R A, Whittam T S
Abstract excerpt
Average genetic relatedness among 44 Escherichia coli strains of serotypes O1, O2, and O78 isolated mainly from birds with colibacillosis or swollen-head syndrome from France or Saudi Arabia was estimated based on allelic variation detected by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis. For 20 enzyme-encoding loci, we resolved 2.8 alleles per locus and distinguished 17 electrophoretic types (ETs) that were used to mark...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Bird Diseases
- Birds
- Chickens
- Enzymes
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Phylogeny
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Serotyping
- Virulence
