High-throughput method for rapid induction of prophages from lysogens and its application in the study of shiga toxin-encoding escherichia coli strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2360-2365

  McDonald, James E ^a   Smith, Darren L ^a   Fogg, Paul C M ^a   McCarthy, Alan J ^a   Allison, Heather E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

96-WELL PLATE; BACTERIAL INDICATORS; BACTERIAL STRAINS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT METHOD; INDUCTION METHOD; NORFLOXACIN; PLAQUE ASSAY; PROPHAGES; SHIGA TOXIN;

AMPLIFICATION; BACTERIOLOGY; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ENCODING;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NORFLOXACIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; GENETIC MARKER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLIPHAGE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROPHAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLIPHAGES; NORFLOXACIN; PROPHAGES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77950227901     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02923-09     Document Type: Article

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