Escherichia coli O157 somatic antigen is present in an isolate of E. fergusonii

Current Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 482-486

  Fegan, Narelle ^a   Barlow, Robert Steven ^a   Gobius, Kari Steven ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; ENTEROHEMOLYSIN; HEMOLYSIN; O ANTIGEN; RIBOSOME RNA; SHIGA TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEEF CATTLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA FERGUSONII; GENE CLUSTER; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SCREENING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CROSS REACTIONS; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MEAT; O ANTIGENS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA FERGUSONII;

EID: 33744818176     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-0447-6     Document Type: Article

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