Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli exploits EspA filaments for attachment to salad leaves

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2908-2914

  Shaw, Robert K ^a   Berger, Cedric N ^b   Feys, Bart ^b   Knutton, Stuart ^a   Pallen, Mark J ^a   Frankel, Gad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CELLS; PATHOGENS; PROTEINS;

GUT EPITHELIUM; LEAF ATTACHMENT; PROTEIN TRANSLOCATION; SECRETION SYSTEMS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI SECRETED PROTEIN A;

BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; LEAF; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; LETTUCE; PLANT LEAVES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 43049105352     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02704-07     Document Type: Article

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