The role of the O-antigen lipopolysaccharide on the colonization in vivo of the germfree chicken gut by Aeromonas hydrophila serogroup O:34

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 325-333

  Merino, Susana ^a   Rubires, Xavier ^a   Aguillar, Alicia ^a   Guillot, Jean F ^b   Tomás, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Aeromonas hydrophila serogroup O:34; colonization in vivo; germfree chicken gut

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INTESTINE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSPOSON;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0029893955     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1996.0031     Document Type: Article

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