Is lack of susceptible recipients in the intestinal environment the limiting factor for transduction of Shiga toxin-encoding phages?

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1114-1120

  Sekse, C ^a   Solheim, H ^b   Urdahl, A M ^b   Wasteson, Y ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacteriophages; Escherichia coli O157; In vivo transduction; Sheep; stx 2

Indexed keywords

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ENCODING; SIGNAL ENCODING;

E. COLI; E.COLI O157:H7; ENCODINGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; IN VIVO TRANSDUCTION; IN-VIVO; SHEEP; SHIGA TOXIN; STX 2;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

CHLORAMPHENICOL; SHIGA TOXIN; VEROTOXIN 2;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; RUMINANT; SHEEP; TOXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; COMMENSAL ESCHERICHIA COLI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE INSERTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; NONHUMAN; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 52049121521     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03845.x     Document Type: Article

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