Presence and characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli and other potentially diarrheagenic E. coli strains in retail meats

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1709-1717

  Xia, Xiaodong ^a   Meng, Jianghong ^a   McDermott, Patrick F ^b   Ayers, Sherry ^b   Blickenstaff, Karen ^b   Tran, Thu Thuy ^b   Abbott, Jason ^b   Zheng, Jie ^a,b   Zhao, Shaohua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; DNA SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; E. COLI; GROUND BEEF; HUMAN INFECTION; MONITORING SYSTEM; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPES; SHIGA TOXIN; STX GENES; SUBTYPINGS; TOXIC EFFECT; VERO CELLS; VIRULENCE GENE;

ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; MEATS; SALES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; MEAT; MUCUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CERCOPITHECUS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNITED STATES; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNITED STATES; VERO CELLS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77749260584     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01968-09     Document Type: Article

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