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E. coli diversity in ruminants and its effect on the carriage of enterohaemorrhagic E. coli

ReferenceBFP11335
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Ken Forbes
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Mr Iain Ogden, Professor Thomas Pennington
Institution University of Aberdeen
DepartmentDepartment of Medical Microbiology
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 260,403
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 25/10/1999
End date 25/10/2002
Duration36 months

Abstract

Bacterial interspersed mosaic elements (BIMEs) are small, highly repetitive sequences found throughout the E. coli genome. Initial studies in this Department using this approach showed great potential in genotyping E. coli strains with high resolution and large throughput. This proposal seeks to develop this technique further by genotyping enterohaemorrhagic (EHEC) E. coli isolates from ruminants, with follow up phenotypic and genotypic characterisation an to determine interrelationships in carriage between EHEC and non-EHEC strains.

Summary

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Committee Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative Biology of Food-Borne Pathogens (BFP) [1997]
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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