Occurrence of Genes Associated with Enterotoxigenic and Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in Agricultural Waste Lagoons

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 356-362

  Chern, Eunice C ^a   Tsai, Yu Li ^b   Olson, Betty H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; HEALTH; SEWAGE LAGOONS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

GEOMETRIC MEAN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN EAEA; PROTEIN STXI; PROTEIN STXII; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE REPLICATION; GEOMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATTLE; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

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

EID: 0345869624     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.1.356-362.2004     Document Type: Article

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