Characterization of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli strains based on acid resistance phenotypes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4993-5003

  Bhagwat, Arvind A ^a   Chan, Lynn ^a,c   Han, Rachel ^a,c   Tan, Jasmine ^a,c   Kothary, Mahendra ^b   Jean Gilles, Junia ^b   Tall, Ben D ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DECARBOXYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPOS GENE; STOMACH PH; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CACO-2 CELLS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEAT; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SIGMA FACTOR; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 23344437538     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.8.4993-5003.2005     Document Type: Article

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