Production of Shiga toxin by Shiga toxin-expressing Escherichia coli (STEC) in broth media: From divergence to definition

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 411-417

  Rocha, L B ^a   Piazza, R M F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Broth media; Diagnostic; Polyclonal antibody; Stx; Toxin production

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIBODIES; PELLETIZING; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BROTH MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC; E. COLI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; POLYCLONAL; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUPERNATANTS; TOXIN PRODUCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STRAIN; TOXICITY;

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LURIA;

EID: 34848892702     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02214.x     Document Type: Article

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