Escherichia coli O125ac:H6 encompasses atypical enteropathogenic E. coli strains that display the aggregative adherence pattern

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4052-4055

  Barros, Samar F ^a,c   Abe, Cecilia M ^a   Rocha, Sérgio P D ^a   Ruiz, Renato M ^a   Beutin, Lothar ^b   Trabulsi, Luiz R ^a   Elias, Waldir P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 57349146659     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01252-08     Document Type: Article

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