Phage-mediated shiga toxin 2 gene transfer in food and water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1764-1768

  Imamovic, Lejla ^a   Jofre, Juan ^a   Schmidt, Herbert ^b   Serra Moreno, Ruth ^a   Muniesa, Maite ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD MATRIXES; LOW TEMPERATURES; SHIGA TOXINS;

GENE TRANSFER;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

BACTERIOPHAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; LOW TEMPERATURE; LYSIS; PH; TOXIN;

BACTERIOPHAGES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SHIGA TOXIN 2; SHIGELLA; TEMPERATURE; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 62149101928     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02273-08     Document Type: Article

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