Rapid and Simple Determination of the Escherichia coli Phylogenetic Group

Clermont, Olivier; Bonacorsi, Stéphane; Bingen, Édouard

doi:10.1128/aem.66.10.4555-4558.2000

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Rapid and Simple Determination of the Escherichia coli Phylogenetic Group

Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology • Oct 1, 2000

Authors:

Olivier Clermont

Stéphane Bonacorsi

Édouard Bingen

Abstract

Phylogenetic analysis has shown that Escherichia coli is composed of four main phylogenetic groups (A, B1, B2, and D) and that virulent extra-intestinal strains mainly belong to groups B2 and D. Actually, phylogenetic groups can be determined by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis or ribotyping, both ...

Subject

Phylogenetic tree

Escherichia coli

Ribotyping

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