Open AccessDetection of small genotypic changes in Escherichia coli by pyrolysis mass spectroscopy
Author(s) -
Goodacre Royston,
Berkeley Roger C.W.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1990.tb03811.x
Subject(s) - escherichia coli , pbr322 , plasmid , genotype , microbiology and biotechnology , mass spectrometry , pyrolysis , chemistry , strain (injury) , enterobacteriaceae , biology , dna , chromatography , biochemistry , gene , organic chemistry , anatomy
Pyrolysis mass spectrometry (Py‐MS0 has been used to discriminate between four very closely related strains of Escherichia coli ; a parent strain UB5021 and three derivatives each containing one of the antibiotic resistance plasmids, pBR322, pACYC184 or R388.