Evaluation of colicins for inhibitory activity against diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains, including serotype O157:H7

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3196-3202

  Murinda, Shelton E ^a   Roberts, Robert F ^a   Wilson, Richard A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLICIN; MITOMYCIN C;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COLIPHAGE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SEROTYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LURIA;

EID: 0029786506     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3196-3202.1996     Document Type: Article

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