Presence of pap-, sfa-, and afa-Related Sequences in Necrotoxigenic Escherichia coli Isolates from Cattle: Evidence for New Variants of the AFA Family

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 193-199

  Mainil, Jacques G ^a   Jacquemin, Etienne ^a   Hérault, Frédéric ^b   Oswald, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; DNA PROBE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031182021     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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