Evaluation of major types of shiga toxin 2e-producing escherichia coli bacteria present in food, pigs, and the environment as potential pathogens for humans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 4806-4816

  Beutin, Lothar ^a   Krüger, Ulrike ^a   Krause, Gladys ^a   Miko, Angelika ^a   Martin, Annett ^a   Strauch, Eckhard ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD ADDITIVES; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

ENZYME LINKED IMMUNO-SORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI BACTERIA; HUMAN PATHOGENS; MITOMYCIN C; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; SEROTYPES; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE MARKERS;

FOOD PRESERVATION;

VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DNA; FOOD; HOMINID; IMMUNOASSAY; PATHOGENICITY; PIG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SWINE;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FOOD ANALYSIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MEAT; MILK; MITOMYCIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN 2; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 49449101855     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00623-08     Document Type: Article

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