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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2005, p. 1648-1652, Vol. 71, No. 3
0099-2240/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.71.3.1648-1652.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Comparison of Diversities of Escherichia coli O157 Shed from a Cohort of Spring-Born Beef Calves at Pasture and in Housing

Leila Vali,1 Michael C. Pearce,2,3 Karen A. Wisely,1 Ahmed Hamouda,1 Hazel I. Knight,2,3 Alastair W. Smith,2,3 and Sebastian G. B. Amyes1*

Medical Microbiology, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh,1 Centre for Tropical and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian,2 Scottish Agricultural College, Drummondhill, Inverness, United Kingdom3

Received 3 June 2004/ Accepted 7 October 2004

ABSTRACT

A cohort of spring-born beef calves demonstrated limited genetic and phenotypic diversity of Escherichia coli O157 when kept in a state of isolation. Despite this, there was a difference in the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and phage types of isolates shed by cattle at pasture compared with those shed by the same cattle when weaned and housed.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh, Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, United Kingdom. Phone: 44-131-6511385. Fax: 44-131-6511385. E-mail: s.g.b.amyes{at}ed.ac.uk.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2005, p. 1648-1652, Vol. 71, No. 3
0099-2240/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.71.3.1648-1652.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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