Impact of microbial diversity on rapid detection of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in surface waters

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-101

  Shelton, Daniel R ^a   Karns, Jeffrey S ^a   Higgins, James A ^a   Van Kessel, Jo Ann S ^a   Perdue, Michael L ^a,e   Belt, Kenneth T ^b   Russell Anelli, Jonathan ^c,f   DebRoy, Chitrita ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli; Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli; Water borne Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; EAE GENE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EVALUATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; IMMUNOASSAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33745712446     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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