Characterization of Escherichia coli strains isolated from environmental water habitats and from stool samples of healthy volunteers

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 625-635

  Muhldorfer I ^a   Blum, G ^a   Donohue Rolfe, A ^b   Heier, H ^c   Olschlager T ^a   Tschape H ^c   Wallner, U ^a   Hacker, J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

ecology; Escherichia coli; healthy carriers; niches; stool samples; surface water; virulence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030272266     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2508(96)84019-8     Document Type: Article

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