Hemolysins and verotoxin (VT) in enteric Escherichia coli isolated from pigs

Revista Latinoamericana de Microbiologia

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 159-165

  Zamora, Justo ^a   Reinhardt, Germán ^a   Polette, Mireille ^a   Macías, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; INTESTINES; NALIDIXIC ACID; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SWINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031545305     PISSN: 01874640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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