Molecular subtyping and distribution of the serine protease from Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli among atypical enteropathogenic E. coli strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2246-2249

  Cookson, Adrian L ^a   Bennett, Jenny ^b   Nicol, Carolyn ^c   Thomson Carter, Fiona ^b   Attwood, Graeme T ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E. COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SERINE PROTEASE; SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING E. COLI; SHIGA TOXINS; SUBTYPING;

AMINO ACIDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

SERINE PROTEINASE;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 63849291107     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01957-08     Document Type: Article

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