Characterization of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and other shiga toxin- producing E. coli serotypes isolated from sheep

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 892-899

  Kudva, Indira T ^a   Hatfield, Patrick G ^b   Hovde, Carolyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN; VEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE; SHEEP; VERO CELL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030910615     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.4.892-899.1997     Document Type: Article

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