Role of rpoS in acid resistance and fecal shedding of Escherichia coli O157:H7

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 632-637

  Price, Stuart B ^a   Cheng, Chorng Ming ^b   Kaspar, Charles W ^b   Wright, James C ^a   Degraves, Fred J ^a   Penfound, Thomas A ^c,d   Castanie Cornet, Marie Pierre ^c   Foster, John W ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL SECRETION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MUTATION; SIGMA FACTOR;

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

EID: 0033974279     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.2.632-637.2000     Document Type: Article

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