Effects of lysogeny of Shiga toxin 2-encoding bacteriophages on pulsed-field gel electrophoresis fragment pattern of Escherichia coli K-12

Current Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 224-227

  Iguchi, Atsushi ^a   Osawa, Ro ^a   Kawano, Junichi ^a   Shimizu, Akira ^a   Terajima, Jun ^b   Watanabe, Haruo ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN; VEROTOXIN 2; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION SITE; CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; LYSOGENY; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II;

EID: 0037507350     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-3900-9     Document Type: Article

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