Transduction of enteric Escherichia coli isolates with a derivative of Shiga toxin 2-encoding bacteriophage φ3538 isolated from Escherichia coli O157:H7

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3855-3861

  Schmidt, Herbert ^a   Bielaszewska, Martina ^b   Karch, Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MITOMYCIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROGENY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032876350     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.3855-3861.1999     Document Type: Article

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