Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences
Year: 2000 | Volume: 3 | Issue: 1 | Page No.: 35-37
ABSTRACT
A total of 30 strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolated from beef and chicken burger were characterized by Enterobacterial Repetitive Intragenic Consensus (ERIC) genotyping. The ERIC polymorphism patterns obtained as illustrated in a dendrogram showed a significant discriminatory fingerprint among the 30 E. coli O157:H7 strains. Nearly every isolates had a unique fingerprint and that there were no bands that were highly conserved among the isolates. This study suggests that there is considerable genetic heterogeneity among the E. coli O157:H7 strains by ERIC PCR, and that this has application in screening strains from clinical or food samples to detect a virulent strain with a known fingerprint, and to trace its dissemination.
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Ooi Wai Ling, Son Radu, Gulam Rusul, Mohamed Ismail Abdul Karim, Endang Purwati and Samuel Lihan, 2000. Enterobacterial Repetitive Intragenic Consensus (ERIC) Genotyping
of Escherichia coli O157:H7. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 3: 35-37.
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2000.35.37
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2000.35.37
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2000.35.37
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2000.35.37
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