Molecular analysis of virulence profiles and Shiga toxin genes in food-borne Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 6187-6197

  Slanec, T ^a   Fruth, A ^b   Creuzburg, K ^a   Schmidt, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROAD SPECTRUM; DRINKING WATER; E. COLI; FOOD ISOLATES; HUMAN INFECTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SEROGROUPS; SHIGA TOXIN; STX GENES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; POTABLE WATER; RISK ANALYSIS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

SHIGA TOXIN;

BIOMARKER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPE; INFECTION RISK; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70349434797     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00874-09     Document Type: Article

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