Mechanisms of acid resistance in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3094-3100

  Lin, Jyhshiun ^a,c   Smith, Matthew P ^a   Chapin, Kimberle C ^a   Baik, Hyung Suk ^a   Bennett, George N ^b   Foster, John W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pig Research Institute Taiwan   (Taiwan)

^d Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACID; ARGININE; ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; BENZOIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD INDUSTRY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REGULATOR GENE; STOMACH ACID; STOMACH PH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029832195     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3094-3100.1996     Document Type: Article

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