Serotypes, virulence genes and intimin types of Shiga toxin (verocytotoxin)-producing Escherichia coli isolates from minced beef in Lugo (Spain) from 1995 through 2003

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Mora, Azucena ^a   Blanco, Miguel ^a   Blanco, Jesús E ^a   Dahbi, Ghizlane ^a   López, Cecilia ^a   Justel, Paula ^a   Alonso, María Pilar ^a,b   Echeita, Aurora ^c   Bernárdez, María Isabel ^a   González, Enrique A ^a   Blanco, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Unidade de Microbioloxía Clínica   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROHEMOLYSIN; HEMOLYSIN; INTIMIN; SHIGA TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MEAT; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SPAIN;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MEAT; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXINS; SPAIN; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33847690818     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-7-13     Document Type: Article

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