Distribution of virulence profiles related to new toxins and putative adhesins in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from diverse sources in Brazil

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 329-334

  Cergole Novella, Maria Cecília ^a   Nishimura, Lucília S ^a   Dos Santos, Luis Fernando ^a   Irino, Kinue ^b   Vaz, Tânia Mara I ^a,b   Bergamini, Alzira M M ^b   Guth, Beatriz Ernestina C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adhesins; Brazil; Serotypes; Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli; Toxins; Virulence markers

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BRAZIL; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; FOOD; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; SHIGA TOXINS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34547880010     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00856.x     Document Type: Article

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