Pheno-genotypic characterisation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolates from domestic and wild ruminants

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 445-449

  Sanchez S ^a   Martinez R ^a   Rey, J ^a   Garcia A ^b   Blanco, J ^c   Blanco, M ^c   Blanco, J E ^c   Mora, A ^c   Herrera Leon S ^d   Echeita, A ^d   Alonso, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b Centro de Investigacion Finca La Orden Valdesequera   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Domestic and wild ruminants; E. coli O157:H7; PFGE; Phage typing; Phenotypic variant; STEC; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; SHIGA TOXIN; SORBITOL; VEROTOXIN 1;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES CULTURE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOTYPE; MILK; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHEEP; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DEER; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MILK; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RUMINANTS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CERVIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77952097486     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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