Isolation and selection of coliphages as potential biocontrol agents of enterohemorrhagic and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli(EHEC and STEC) in cattle

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 873-887

  Dini, C ^a,b   De Urraza, P J ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO EN CRIOTECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CIDCA   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

bacteriophage(s); biocontrol; E. coli (all potentially pathogenic types); enterohemorrhagic E. coli; food safety

Indexed keywords

ACID RESISTANCE; BIOCONTROL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIOPHAGE(S); BIOCONTROL AGENT; COLIPHAGES; E COLI (ALL POTENTIALLY PATHOGENIC TYPE); E. COLI; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC E COLI; FOOD-SAFETY; PATHOGENICS; SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING E. COLI;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

ACID;

ACIDITY; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FOOD SAFETY; HOST RANGE; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOLERANCE; TOXIN;

ACID TOLERANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CATTLE; CI GENE; COLIPHAGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HOST RANGE; MEAT; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SAMPLING; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE;

BOS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYOVIRIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PODOVIRIDAE; PSEUDOMONAS; SHIGELLA;

EID: 77955813151     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04714.x     Document Type: Article

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