Contributions of O island 48 to adherence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 to epithelial cells in vitro and in ligated pig ileal loops

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 5779-5786

  Yin, Xianhua ^a,d   Wheatcroft, Roger ^a   Chambers, James R ^a   Liu, Bianfang ^b   Zhu, Jing ^c   Gyles, Carlton L ^d  

^a GUELPH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTATION; DELETION MUTANTS; E. COLI; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FUNCTIONAL GENES; GENE CLUSTERS; GENE DELETION; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; INTESTINAL EPITHELIUM; LARGE CLUSTERS; NEGATIVE MUTANTS; WILD TYPES;

CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

ADHESIN; PROTEIN AIDA 1; PROTEIN IHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE;

BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ISLAND; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PIG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE LOOP; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; SWINE; TELLURITE RESISTANCE GENE; UREC GENE;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; ILEUM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SWINE; UREASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 70149087319     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00507-09     Document Type: Article

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