Relationship between outer membrane protein and lipopolysaccharide profiles and serotypes of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated in Brazil

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 143, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 253-258

  Nishimura, Lucília S ^a   Ferreira, Luis C S ^b   Pacheco, Ana B F ^b   Guth, Beatriz E C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clonal grouping; Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; Escherichia coli; Lipopolysaccharide; Outer membrane protein; Serotype

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030271468     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00322-9     Document Type: Article

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