The afa-related gene cluster in necrotoxigenic and other Escherichia coli from animals belongs to the afa-8 variant

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-184

  Gerardin J ^a   Lalioui, L ^b   Jacquemin, E ^a   Le Bouguenec C ^b   Mainil, J G ^a  

^a Universite de Liege   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Afa VIII; Afimbrial adhesin; Animal bacteria; Escherichia coli; Necrotoxigenicity; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SUIDAE; VIR;

EID: 18844483060     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(00)00234-0     Document Type: Article

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