Characterisation of Escherichia fergusonii isolates from farm animals using an Escherichia coli virulence gene array and tissue culture adherence assays

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-35

  Wragg, P ^a   La Ragione, R M ^a   Best, A ^a   Reichel, R ^a   Anjum, M F ^a   Mafura, M ^a   Woodward, M J ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escherichia fergusonii; Nanoarray; Phenotype; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INCREASED SERUM SURVIVAL PROTEIN; P RELATED FIMBRIAE REGULATORY PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE RECEPTOR IREA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA FERGUSONII; FARM ANIMAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CATTLE; CELL LINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SWINE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA FERGUSONII;

EID: 57749095051     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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