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. 1985 Dec;95(3):595–609. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400060691

The sub-specific differentiation of Escherichia coli with particular reference to ecological studies in young animals including man.

M Hinton
PMCID: PMC2129571  PMID: 2419402

Abstract

It is possible to differentiate isolates of Escherichia coli using a number of techniques including the determination of the serotype, biotype and phage type and the profiles for resistance to antibacterial agents and toxic chemicals, intracellular enzymes, outer membrane proteins and plasmids and the production of enterotoxin and colicines. These methods have been used principally for the study of pathogenic E. coli and plasmid-mediated drug resistance. However they can also be used successfully for ecological purposes and the application of several of these techniques for the study of the ecology of E. coli in healthy young animals including man is described.

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