Target genes for virulence assessment of Escherichia coli isolates from water, food and the environment

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-117

  Kuhnert, Peter ^a   Boerlin, Patrick ^a   Frey, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adherence gene; Escherichia coli; Food; Gene array; Gene probe; Toxin gene; Virulence assessment; Water

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; VIRULENCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033983384     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(99)00034-0     Document Type: Review

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