Diversity, frequency, and persistence of Escherichia coli O157 strains from range cattle environments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 542-547

  Renter, David G ^a   Sargeant, Jan M ^b   Oberst, Richard D ^b   Samadpour, Mansour ^b  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENES; SAMPLING; WATER RESOURCES;

LATEX AGLLUTINATION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

SHIGA TOXIN;

BACTERIUM;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FRESH WATER; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037227084     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.1.542-547.2003     Document Type: Article

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