Open AccessMicroarray Analysis of Escherichia coli Strains from Interstitial Beach Waters of Lake Huron (Canada)
Author(s) -
Tanya KonT. Kon,
Susan C. Weir,
J. T. Trevors,
H. Lee,
Julie Champagne,
Lucy Meunier,
Roland Brousseau,
Luke Masson
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.01333-07
Subject(s) - escherichia coli , tetracycline , biology , microarray , gene , microarray analysis techniques , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , gene expression , antibiotics
DNA microarray analyses revealed that clusters of repetitive extragenic palindromic PCR-relatedEscherichia coli isolates were isogenic only within interstitial Lake Huron beach water samples and not in surrounding waters. This suggested that adaptation and growth occurred within the interstitial water sites tested. All isolates were nonpathogenic, and three lake isolates possessed tetracycline resistance genes.