Complete sequence of the large virulence plasmid pSFO157 of the sorbitol-fermenting enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H- strain 3072/96

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 296, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 467-474

  Brunder, Werner ^a   Karch, Helge ^b   Schmidt, Herbert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enterohemorrhagic E. coli; F plasmid; Nonmotile; O157; Plasmid; pSFO157; sfp fimbriae; Sorbitol fermenting; Transfer region

Indexed keywords

SORBITOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; FIMBRIA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID;

EID: 33749986055     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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