Characterization of the acid resistance phenotype and rpoS alleles of Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2808-2811

  Waterman, Scott R ^a   Small, P L C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; VEROTOXIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0029972010     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.7.2808-2811.1996     Document Type: Article

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