Lactate dehydrogenase release assay from Vero cells to distinguish verotoxin producing Escherichia coli from non-verotoxin producing strains

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 171-181

  Roberts, Pamela H ^a   Davis, Kauline C ^c   Garstka, William R ^a   Bhunia, Arun K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; HEp 2; LDH; PCR; Ribotyping; Vero cells; Verotoxigenic E. coli

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROHEMOLYSIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL DEATH; CELL SHAPE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAFNIA ALVEI; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; VERO CELLS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035215384     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(00)00222-0     Document Type: Article

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