Molecular serotyping of Escherichia coli O26:H11

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4941-4944

  Durso, Lisa M ^a   Bono, James L ^a   Keen, James E ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; MOLECULES; TARGETS;

PATHOGENICS; SEROTYPING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; NUCLEOTIDE;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FLAGELLIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; O ANTIGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 23644431860     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.8.4941-4944.2005     Document Type: Article

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