Role of colanic acid exopolysaccharide in the survival of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in simulated gastrointestinal fluids

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 642-647

  Mao, Y ^a   Doyle, M P ^a   Chen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colanic acid; E. coli O157:H7; Exopolysaccharide; Simulated gastrointestinal fluids; Survival

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; METABOLITES; SALTS;

BILE SALTS; COLANIC ACID; E.COLI O157:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; GASTRIC FLUIDS; GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; SIMULATED GASTROINTESTINAL FLUID; SURVIVAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BILE SALT; COLANIC ACID; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PANCREATIN; PEPSIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BODY FLUIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORGANIC ACIDS; PATHOLOGY; PH EFFECTS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

BACTERIUM; BODY FLUID; FECAL COLIFORM; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ACIDITY; ADAPTATION; ALKALINITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GASTROINTESTINAL SECRETION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION; STOMACH JUICE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33646862777     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.01875.x     Document Type: Article

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