Phenotypic and genotypic traits of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from beef cattle from Paraná State, southern Brazil

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 607-612

  Farah, S M S S ^a,c   De Souza, E M ^a   Pedrosa, F O ^a   Irino, K ^b   Da Silva, L R ^a   Rigo, L U ^a   Steffens, M B R ^a   Pigatto, C P ^a   Fadel Picheth, C M T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c Laboratory Central of Paraná State   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Shiga toxin; Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli; stx gene; stx2 variants; Virulence markers

Indexed keywords

GENES; HEALTH RISKS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BEEF CATTLE; CELL ASSAYS; SEROTYPES; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SOUTHERN BRAZIL; STX GENES; STX2 VARIANT; VERO CELLS; VIRULENCE MARKER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

SHIGA TOXIN;

BIOASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH RISKS; STRAIN; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH RISK; PHENOTYPE; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEEF CATTLE; BRAZIL; CONTAMINATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VERO CELL;

BRAZIL; PARANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34250330708     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02123.x     Document Type: Article

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