| Literature DB >> 24685601 |
Olivier Clermont1, Julia K Christenson2, Anne-Sophie Daubié3, David M Gordon2, Erick Denamur4.
Abstract
We developed and validated an allele-specific PCR method for detecting the nine main Escherichia coli phylogroup B2 lineages involved in extra-intestinal infections, which could be used as a substitute for multilocus sequence typing in studies for which the greater resolution at the sequence type level is not needed.Entities:
Keywords: Allele-specific PCR; B2 phylogroup; B2 sub-group; Escherichia coli; Sequence type complex
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24685601 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2014.03.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Microbiol Methods ISSN: 0167-7012 Impact factor: 2.363