Colonization of the chicken trachea by an avirulent avian Escherichia coli transformed with plasmid pHK11

Avian Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 194-198

  Wooley, R E ^a   Gibbs, P S ^a   Brown, T P ^a   Glisson, J R ^a   Steffens, W L ^a   Maurer, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian Escherichia coli; Colonization of the chicken trachea; Recombinant plasmid pHK11

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0031920841     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592596     Document Type: Article

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