PCR detection of enterohemorrhagic escherichia coli o145 in food by targeting genes in the e. coli o145 o-antigen gene cluster and the shiga toxin 1 and shiga toxin 2 genes

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 605-611

  Fratamico, Pina M ^a   Debroy, Chitrita ^b   Miyamoto, Takahisa ^c   Liu, Yanhong ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; O ANTIGEN; O ANTIGEN FLIPPASE; O ANTIGEN POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE TARGETING; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; O ANTIGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGA TOXIN 1; SHIGA TOXIN 2;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA;

EID: 67650826055     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2008.0254     Document Type: Article

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