Relative gene transcription and pathogenicity of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli after long-term adaptation to acid and salt stress

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 248-253

  Olesen, Inger ^a   Jespersen, Lene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Caco 2; EHEC O157:H7; Gene transcription; Stress response; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALT STRESS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CACO 2 CELL LINE; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACIDS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CACO-2 CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

EID: 77954311600     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.05.019     Document Type: Article

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