Transfer of attaching and effacing capacity from a strain of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli to E. coli K-12

Microbiological Research

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 379-385

  O'Gorman, L E ^a,b,c   Krejany, E O ^b   Bennett Wood, V R ^a,b   Robins Browne, R M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

attaching and effacing lesion; E. coli K 12; Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC); Hfr transfer

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 0030482345     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-5013(96)80007-3     Document Type: Article

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