Preliminary evidence that American bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) are suitable hosts for Escherichia coli O157:H7

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4066-4068

  Gray, Matthew J ^a   Rajeev, Sreekumari ^b   Miller, Debra L ^b   Schmutzer, A Chandler ^a   Burton, Elizabeth C ^a   Rogers, Emily D ^a   Hickling, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH KINETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

METAMORPHS; RANA CATESBEIANA; TADPOLE;

ANIMALS;

BACTERIUM; FROG; HOST; METAMORPHOSIS; PATHOGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HOST; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; TADPOLE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; INTESTINES; LARVA; PILOT PROJECTS; RANA CATESBEIANA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; METAMORPHA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 34250816296     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02905-06     Document Type: Article

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