<it>Escherichia coli </it>phylogenetic group determination and its application in the identification of the major animal source of fecal contamination

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Escherichia coli </it>strains are commonly found in the gut microflora of warm-blooded animals. These strains can be assigned to one of the four main phylogenetic groups, A, B1, B2 and D, which can be divided into sev...

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Main Authors: Amaral Luiz A, Gomes Tânia AT, Sato Maria IZ, Hachich Elayse M, Stoppe Nancy C, Pires Mathias M, Carlos Camila, Ottoboni Laura MM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-06-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/10/161