Relationship between Virulence gene profiles of atypical enteropathogenic escherichia coli and shiga toxin producing E. coli isolates from cattle and sheep in New Zealand

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3744-3747

  Cookson, Adrian L ^a   Cao, Mingshu ^a   Bennett, Jenny ^b   Nicol, Carolyn ^c   Thomson Carter, Fiona ^b   Attwood, Graeme T ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS; INTIMIN; NEW ZEALAND; SECRETION SYSTEMS; SERINE PROTEASE; SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING E. COLI; TYPE II; VIRULENCE FACTORS; VIRULENCE GENE;

AMINO ACIDS; PHOSPHATASES; WOOL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; SHEEP; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEW ZEALAND; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; BOVINAE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77953079836     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02528-09     Document Type: Article

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