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Characterization of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli and Shigella strains by RAPD analysis.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Aug 1998
Bando S Y, do Valle G R, Martinez M B, Trabulsi L R, Moreira-Filho C A
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variation of 33 enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC), 12 non-EIEC and 39 Shigella strains (representing the 4 species of this genus) was analyzed using the random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique. Reproducible polymorphisms were generated and the combined data allowed us to construct a dendrogram using Jaccard's distance. Two main groups were obtained: one for Shigella and the other for EIEC...
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