Occurrence of virulence genes associated with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in raw municipal sewage

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-59

  Awais, Raheela ^a   Miyanaga, Kazuhiko ^a   Unno, Hajime ^a   Tanji, Yasunori ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

E. coli O157:H7; Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC); Modified E. coli broth; Municipal sewage; Sorbitol MacConkey agar

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; SEWAGE;

E. COLI O157:H7; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC E. COLI (EHEC); MODIFIED E. COLI BROTH; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE; SORBITOL MACCONKEY AGAR;

GENES;

CEFIXIME; SORBITOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL TYPE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33845572714     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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