Escherichia coli O157:H7 colonization at the rectoanal junction of long-duration culture-positive cattle

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1380-1382

  Lim, Ji Youn ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Sheng, Haiqing ^a   Besser, Thomas E ^b   Potter, Kathleen ^b   Hovde, Carolyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; TISSUE;

GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT (GIT); RECTOANAL JUNCTION MUCOSA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CATTLE; CELL ORGANELLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CATTLE; DISEASE DURATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NONHUMAN; RECTUM MUCOSA;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; RECTUM;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33847222501     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02242-06     Document Type: Article

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