Clonal turnover of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in experimentally infected cattle

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-83

  Akiba, Masato ^a   Sameshima, Toshiya ^a   Nakazawa, Muneo ^a  

^a Feed Safety Res Div Natl I   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cattle; Clonal turnover; Escherichia coli O157:H7

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; GENOTYPE; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033962702     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00026-4     Document Type: Article

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