Gene transfer events and their occurrence in selected environments

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 978-983

  Kelly, B G ^a   Vespermann, A ^b   Bolton, D J ^a  

^a ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

E.coli O157:H7; Food; Gastrointestinal tract; Gene transfer; Rumen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE FLOW; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT ANIMAL INTERACTION; REVIEW; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MOUTH; PLANTS; RUMEN; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 63149179892     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.06.012     Document Type: Review

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