Distribution of saa gene variants in verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from cattle and food

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-266

  Lucchesi, Paula M A ^a   Krüger, Alejandra ^a   Parma, Alberto E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cattle; Escherichia coli; Food; STEC autoagglutinating adhesin; Variants; Verocytotoxin

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; INTIMIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATTLE; EAE GENE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; MEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAA GENE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MEAT; RNA SPLICING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33645024051     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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