Detection of genes encoding virulence factors and bacteriocins in fecal enterococci of poultry in Portugal

Avian Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-68

  Poeta, Patricia ^a,b   Costa, Daniela ^a   Rodrigues, Jorge ^a,c   Torres, Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bacteriocins; Fecal enterococci; PCR; Portugal; Poultry; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PORTUGAL; POULTRY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOCINS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PORTUGAL; POULTRY; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 33644947519     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7394-061505R.1     Document Type: Article

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