Editorial commentary: The relentless evolution of pathogenic Escherichia coli

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 793-794

  Robins Browne, Roy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EAE GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STX GENE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS;

EID: 24644437287     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432725     Document Type: Note

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