O serogroups, biotypes, and eae genes in Escherichia coli strains isolated from diarrheic and healthy rabbits

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3101-3107

  Blanco, Jesus E ^a   Blanco, Miguel ^a   Blanco, Jorge ^a,d   Mora, Azucena ^a   Balaguer, Luis ^a   Mouriño, Mercedes ^b   Juarez, Antonio ^b   Jansen, Wim H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d Facultad de Veterinaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EAE PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA ENTEROTOXIN; RHAMNOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029860872     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.12.3101-3107.1996     Document Type: Article

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