Lethal factor to mice produced by Escherichia coli isolated from chickens with swollen head syndrome

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 773-775

  Salvadori, Marcia Regina ^a   Chudzinski Tavassi, Ana Marisa ^b   Baccaro, Maria Regina ^c   Ferreira, Claudete Serrano Astolfi ^c   Ferreira, Antonio José Piantino ^c   Prado Franceschi, Júlia ^a   Yano, Tomomasa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chickens; Escherichia coli; Lethal factor; Mice

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY INJURY; LD 50; LETHAL GENE; LIVER INJURY; LUNG INJURY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036443596     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2002.tb02763.x     Document Type: Article

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