DNA sequencing of a pathogenicity-related plasmid of an avian septicemic Escherichia coli strain

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 331-337

  Stehling, E G ^a   Campos, T A ^a   Azevedo, V ^b   Brocchi, M ^a   Silveira, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Federal de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Avian; Escherichia coli; Plasmids

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; IN VITRO SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; POULTRY; SALMONELLA; SEPTICEMIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHIGELLA;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 34548264309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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