Subtilase cytotoxin-encoding subAB operon found exclusively among Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 988-990

  Irino, Kinue ^a   Midolli Vieira, Mônica A ^b   Tardelli Gomes, Tânia A ^b   Cabilio Guth, Beatriz E ^b   Furtado Naves, Zita V ^a   Oliveira, Murilo Gomes ^c   Dos Santos, Luis Fernando ^b   Guirro, Mirian ^b   Timm, Claudio D ^d   Pigatto, Caroline P ^e   Farah, Sonia M S S ^f   Vaz, Tânia M I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^f Laboratorio Central de Saude Publica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; SUBTILASE CYTOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEEF CATTLE; BUFFALO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GOAT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUBAB GENE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; OPERON; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUBTILISINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77749309583     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00010-10     Document Type: Article

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