Induction of Shiga toxin-converting prophage in Escherichia coli by high hydrostatic pressure

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1155-1162

  Aertsen, Abram ^a   Faster, David ^a   Michiels, Chris W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FOOD PRESERVATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MICROORGANISMS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LAMBDA PROPHAGE; MILD PRESSURES; STX-PRODUCING E.COLI STRAINS (STEC);

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

LEXA PROTEIN; MITOMYCIN C; RECA PROTEIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

FOOD STORAGE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI MG1655; FOOD PRESERVATION; HIGH HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYPERBARISM; LYSOGENIZATION; MILK LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE RESISTANCE; PROPHAGE; SHIGA TOXIN CONVERTING PROPHAGE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PROPHAGES; SHIGA TOXIN; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); VIRUS ACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 15444370974     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.3.1155-1162.2005     Document Type: Article

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