Pathogenomic comparison of human extraintestinal and avian pathogenic Escherichia coli - Search for factors involved in host specificity or zoonotic potential

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 105-115

  Bauchart, Philippe ^a   Germon, Pierre ^b   Brée, Annie ^b   Oswald, Eric ^c,d   Hacker, Jörg ^a,e   Dobrindt, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UR1282   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d CHU PURPAN   (France)

^e German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian pathogenic E. coli; Extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli; Host specificity; Pathogenomics; Transcriptome comparison; Zoonotic risk

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AEROBACTIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLICIN; CURLI; FLAGELLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOWL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77954657139     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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