Survival of Escherichia coli 0157 in a soil protozoan: Implications for disease

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 291-295

  Barker, John ^a   Humphrey, Tom J ^b   Brown, Michael W R ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba polyphaga; E. coli 0157; Environmental survival; Intracellular growth; Protozoan; Vero cytotoxin

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; VEROTOXIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SOIL MICROFLORA; SURVIVAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SOIL;

ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI 0157; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033042276     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00076-2     Document Type: Article

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