Phenotypic and molecular characteristics of typical and atypical Escherichia coli O157, clinical and food isolates

Acta Microbiologica Polonica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-158

  Sadowska, Beata ^a   Osek, Jacek ^b   Bonar, Agnieszka ^a   Wiȩckowska Szakiel, Marzena ^a   Rudnicka, Wiesława ^a   Rózalska, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

EHEC; PCR; Phenotyping

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; HEMOLYSIN; MOLECULAR MARKER; SHIGA TOXIN; SORBITOL; VEROTOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTYPE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTROL; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES CULTIVATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; CATTLE; CERCOPITHECUS; CHEMISTRY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SWINE; VERO CELL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MEAT; SHIGA TOXINS; SORBITOL; SWINE; VERO CELLS;

EID: 0642335104     PISSN: 01371320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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