Isolation of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Shiga toxin 1 and 2f-producing Escherichia coli from avian species in India

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 692-697

  Farooq, S ^a   Hussain, I ^a   Mir, M A ^a   Bhat, M A ^a   Wani, Shakil A ^a  

^a SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF KASHMIR   (India)

Author keywords

atypical EPEC; bfpA; RFLP; STEC; stx2f; Subtype

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL EPEC; BFPA; RFLP; STEC; STX2F; SUBTYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

OXYGEN 17; OXYGEN 78; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN 1;

BACTERIUM; BIRD; CELL ORGANELLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXICITY; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN; CYTOTOXICITY; DUCK; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FOWL; HUMAN; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PIGEON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VERO CELL; VIRULENCE;

ANAS; AVES; COLUMBA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 65649152417     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02594.x     Document Type: Article

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