Escherichia coli is one of the most well-studied bacterial species, but several significant
knowledge gaps remain regarding its ecology and natural history. Specifically, the most …

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) is considered the “gold standard” for bacteria typing.
The method involves enzyme restriction of bacteria DNA, separation of the restricted DNA …

Dispersed repetitive DNA sequences have been described recently in eubacteria. To assess
the distribution and evolutionary conservation of two distinct prokaryotic repetitive elements …

Using in silico analysis we studied a novel family of repetitive DNA sequences that is
present among both domains of the prokaryotes (Archaea and Bacteria), but absent from …

Avian colibacillosis and salmonellosis are considered to be the major bacterial diseases in
the poultry industry world-wide. Colibacillosis and salmonellosis are the most common avian …

After more than a century of American Foulbrood (AFB) research, this fatal brood infection is
still among the most deleterious bee diseases. Its etiological agent is the Gram-positive …

Outbreaks of infectious disease often result from exposure to a common source of the
etiologic agent. Generally, the etiologic agent causing an outbreak of infection is derived …

DNA primers corresponding to conserved motifs in bacterial repetitive (REP, ERIC, and
BOX) elements and PCR were used to show that REP-, ERIC-, and BOX-like DNA …

The distribution of dispersed repetitive DNA (repetitive extragenic palindromic [REP] and
enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus [ERIC]) sequences in the genomes of a …

Short-sequence DNA repeat (SSR) loci can be identified in all eukaryotic and many
prokaryotic genomes. These loci harbor short or long stretches of repeated nucleotide …