A homolog of the O157 urease-encoding O island 48 is present in porcine O149:H10 enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Veterinary Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Parreira, V R ^a   Liao, J H ^a   Kim, S H ^b   Gyles, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b National Primate Research Centre   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Genomic island; O149; OI 48; Porcine enterotoxigenic E. coli; Urease

Indexed keywords

UREASE; BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INSERTION; GENOMIC ISLAND; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOP CODON; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CANADA; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PATHOGENICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUS;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENOMIC ISLANDS; ONTARIO; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; UREASE;

EID: 41449089798     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2008015     Document Type: Article

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