Biochemical properties, enterohaemolysin production and plasmid carriage of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 318-321

  Souza, Mario R S M ^a   Klassen, Giseli ^a   de Toni, Fabiana ^a   Rigo, Liu U ^a   Henkes, Caroline ^a   Pigatto, Caroline P ^b   Dalagassa, Cibelle de Borba ^a   Fadel Picheth, Cyntia M T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO TOCANTINS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biochemical properties; Enterohaemolysin; Escherichia coli; Plasmid profile; STEC

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77953517648     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000300013     Document Type: Article

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