A new Shiga toxin 2 variant (Stx2f) from Escherichia coli isolated from pigeons

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1205-1208

  Schmidt, Herbert ^a   Scheef, Jürgen ^a   Morabito, Stefano ^b   Caprioli, Alfredo ^b   Wieler, Lothar H ^c   Karch, Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGEON; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COLUMBIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SHIGA TOXINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLUMBA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034008946     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.3.1205-1208.2000     Document Type: Article

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