Genotypic variations of Shiga toxin-converting phages from enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolates

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 565-574

  Osawa, Ro ^b   Iyoda, Sunao ^a   Nakayama, Shu Ichi ^a   Wada, Akihito ^a   Yamai, Shiro ^c   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0034129352     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-49-6-565     Document Type: Article

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