Comparative survival of free Shiga toxin 2-encoding phages and Escherichia coli strains outside the gut

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 5615-5618

  Muniesa, Maite ^a   Lucena, Francisco ^a   Jofre, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHLORINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; PASTEURIZATION; RIVER; SEWAGE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032759330     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.12.5615-5618.1999     Document Type: Article

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