Isolation of a lysogenic bacteriophage carrying the stx1OX3 gene, which is closely associated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains from sheep and humans

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3992-3998

  Koch, C ^a   Hertwig, S ^a   Lurz, R ^a   Appel, B ^a   Beutin, L ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN STX 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CATTLE; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GOAT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; COLIPHAGES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LYSOGENY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I;

BACTERIOPHAGE 933W; BACTERIOPHAGE H-19B; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0034764394     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.11.3992-3998.2001     Document Type: Article

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