A brief overview of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and its plasmid O157

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Lim, Ji Youn ^a   Yoon, Jang W ^b   Hovde, Carolyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

E. coli O157:H7; pO157

Indexed keywords

ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEIN ESPP; PROTEIN KATP; PROTEIN STCE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SHIGA TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PLASMID; PLASMID 0157; PREVALENCE; RESERVOIR; REVIEW; TYPE II SECRETION SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

BOS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 75849118571     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.0908.08007     Document Type: Review

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