Virulence properties and serotypes of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli from healthy Australian cattle

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 6439-6445

  Hornitzky, Michael A ^a   Vanselow, Barbara A ^b   Walker, Keith ^a   Bettelheim, Karl A ^c   Corney, Bruce ^d   Gill, Paul ^e   Bailey, Graham ^e   Djordjevic, Steven P ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^e NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FARMS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; TOXIC MATERIALS;

VIRULENCE PROPERTIES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

SHIGA TOXIN;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0242432343     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.12.6439-6445.2002     Document Type: Article

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