Lytic and Lysogenic Infection of Diverse Escherichia coli and Shigella Strains with a Verocytotoxigenic Bacteriophage

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 4335-4337

  James, Chloe E ^a   Stanley, Karen N ^b   Allison, Heather E ^a   Flint, Harry J ^b   Stewart, Colin S ^b   Sharp, Richard J ^c   Saunders, Jon R ^a   Mccarthy, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN 2;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COLIPHAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYSOGENIZATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SHIGELLA; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLIPHAGES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; LYSOGENY; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0035461053     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.9.4335-4337.2001     Document Type: Article

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