Identification and characterization of Shiga toxin type 2 variants in Escherichia coli isolates from animals, food, and humans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 5645-5652

  Zheng, Jie ^a   Cui, Shenghui ^a   Teel, Louise D ^b   Zhao, Shaohua ^c   Singh, Ruby ^c   O'Brien, Alison D ^b   Meng, Jianghong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BODY FLUIDS; CANNING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD PRESERVATION; ORGANIC ACIDS;

ELASTASE; SHIGA TOXIN;

GENE ENCODING;

VEROTOXIN 2; BACTERIAL DNA; PANCREATIC ELASTASE;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH IMPACT; HETEROGENEITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUCUS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXICITY; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; VERO CELL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CERCOPITHECUS; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHIGA TOXIN 2; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VERO CELLS;

EID: 52649100587     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00503-08     Document Type: Article

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