Production of enterotoxin by Yersinia bercovieri, a recently identified Yersinia enterocolitica-like species

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 968-971

  Sulakvelidze, Alexander ^a   Kreger, Arnold ^a   Joseph, Aaron ^a   Robins Browne, Roy M ^b,c   Fasano, Alessio ^a   Wauters, Georges ^d   Harnett, Norma ^e   DeTolla, Louis ^a   Morris Jr , J Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^e ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

YERSINIA BERCOVIERI; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0032910779     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.2.968-971.1999     Document Type: Article

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