A multiplex PCR procedure for the detection of six major virulence genes in Escherichia coli O157:H7

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-89

  Bai, Jianfa ^a   Shi, Xiaorong ^a   Nagaraja, T G ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli O157:H7; Multiplex PCR; Shiga toxigenic E. coli; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FLAGELLUM ANTIGEN; HEMOLYSIN; INTIMIN; O ANTIGEN; RFBE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77953544892     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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