Attenuation of an avian pathogenic Escherichia coli strain due to a mutation in the rpsL gene

Avian Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-25

  Amoako, K K ^a   Prysliak, T ^a   Potter, A A ^a,b   Collinson, S K ^c   Kay, W W ^c   Allan, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Escherichia coli; rpsL; Streptomycin dependence

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 1842481495     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/6025     Document Type: Article

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