Release of membrane vesicles containing endotoxic lipopolysaccharide in Escherichia coli O157:H7 clinical isolates

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 271-274

  Meno, Yuko ^a   Fujimoto, Shuji ^b   Horikawa, Kazumi ^b   Yoshida, Shin Ichi ^c  

^a Seinan Jo Gakuin University   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Endotoxin; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Lipopolysaccharide; Membrane vesicle

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENDOTOXIN; LIPID A; O ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIMULUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034057299     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2000.tb02494.x     Document Type: Article

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