Non-curliation of Escherichia coli O78:K80 isolates associated with IS1 insertion in csgB and reduced persistence in poultry infection

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 247-253

  La Ragione, Roberto M ^a   Collighan, Russell J ^a   Woodward, Martin J ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curli fimbria; Escherichia coli; Insertion element; RpoS

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 0032806651     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00202-5     Document Type: Article

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