Detection of the astA (EAST1) gene in attaching and effacing Escherichia coli from ruminants

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-77

  Yuste, M ^a   De La Fuente, R ^a   Ruiz Santa Quiteria, J A ^a   Cid, D ^a   Orden, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASTA; BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATTLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 33745080042     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: 14390450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2006.00919.x     Document Type: Article

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